UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME 



The Life of a Tiger 



BY 



SIR S. EARDLEY-WILMOT, K.C.I.E. 



Author of "Forest Life and Sport in India" 



ILLUSTRATED BY 



IRIS EARDLEY-WILMOT 



" Sir S. Eardley-Wilmot is a keen and careful observer of the manners 

 and customs of wild creatures great and small, and his first book 

 ' Forest Life and Sport in India,' published last year, revealed him as a 

 notable authority on the vie intime of the Jungle. In this sequel Sir 

 S. Eardley-Wilmot gives us the life-history of a tiger from his earliest 

 cubhood until the moment when he pays the final penalty for becoming 

 under compulsion an eater of human flesh. This true tale has many a 

 surprising episode, though all happens from beginning to end naturally 

 and by arrangement with Nature, who is as good a playwright as she is 

 a dramatist. This author never makes the mistake of imputing human 

 motives to wild animals — a mistake which is characteristic of the 'Nature- 

 fakers.' About 150 tiny thumbnail sketches by the author's daughter 

 (whose line is admirable ; she is almost the Phil May of Jungle-life) 

 and some delightful photographs by his wife enhance the fascination of 

 a book which is well worthy to be placed on the same shelf as the 

 chronicle of Mowgli's adventures. " — Morning Fost. 



" This is a theme which has been bandied at length twice at least 

 before, but in neither of these cases quite so successfully or with the 

 same soundness in detail and intimate knowledge." — The Times. 



" This most interesting, admirably written, and veracious volume." — • 

 Pall Mall Gazelle. 



' ' The book is as true to life and as fascinating as the same author's 

 ' Forest Life and Sport in India,' .and no higher praise could be given 

 than that." — Outlook. 



" An admirable natural history book. A sportsman's and a natural- 

 ist's book, not a sentimentalist's." — Ne-w York Sun. 



" The tale is certainly very fascinating. Not only is the tiger himself 

 introduced, but life in the jungle is painted vividly and naturally."— 

 Field. 



LONDON : EDWARD ARNOLD 



