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||amljm's Jttenajjerie JBajajta, 
EDITED BY JOHN D. HAMLYN. 
No. 1.— Vol. 1. 
LONDON, MAY, 1915. 
PRICE ONE SHILLING. 
INTRODUCTORY. 
Hamlyn's Managerie Magazine will be a Maga- 
zine entirely devoted to a faithful record of past 
and present events in the Menagerie World. It 
will contain an absolute correct record of the Rise 
and Fall of the Wild Beast business in Great 
Britain; to do this I shall go back considerably 
over half a century. Arrivals and departures of 
any large consignments will also be noticed. 
Extracts from papers and periodicals from all parts 
of the World will be given. Articles from corres- 
pondents abroad will be most thankfully received, 
and paid for at ordinary rates. It is intended to 
improve the Magazine from time to time by any 
interesting photos or sketches that may be sent 
in. 
Hamlyn's Menagerie Magazine should appeal 
to every lover of Natural History, to every Zoo- 
logical Society, to every keeper of wild pets, and 
to every traveller and collector. It is proposed to 
publish the Magazine monthly. Advertisements 
will be accepted from all and sundry at low rates. 
Below will be found some few notices concerning 
the first article that appeared in the March List, 
"My First Gorilla"; they are so encouraging that 
I launch this Magazine without any fear of its ulti- 
mate success. To be successful one must neces- 
sarily be supported by the Animal Public. The 
yearly subscription has been most thoughtfully 
considered. It is payable in advance. I appeal 
most earnestly to all those who receive this first 
number to forward their subscription without any 
delay on enclosed form; it is only 10/-. 
Professor Robert F. Scharff, National Museum, 
Dublin, writes under date 30th March, 1915 :— 
"Dear Mr. Hamlyn, 
I think your articles are very well written and 
deserve a wider circulation. Some people I dare 
say may argue that the death of the gorilla is a 
just punishment of heaven on you for having 
wanted to make 600% profit. I am not one of 
those, and I know you are bound to make a 
good profit sometimes to retrieve all your 
losses, and it is not a paying concern unless like 
Hagenback you have capital and can run half- 
a-dozen gardens. I think you have a great gift 
of writing well, but believe me that books pay 
no better than selling lions unless you can write 
a good creepy novel. With best wishes. 
Yours sincerely, 
(Signed) R. F. SCHARFF." 
[The question of profit and loss will be fully gone 
into in the forthcoming article on "The Peculiari- 
ties of this Unique Business."— Ed.] 
©' ® ©, 
Mr. George R. Sims, the world-famed Dagonet, 
writing from Regents Park, March 3lst, 1915, 
says : — 
"My dear Sir, 
Thank you very much for your article on 'My 
First Gorilla,' which I have read with much 
interest; it is excellent. 
Very faithfully yours, 
(Signed) GEORGE R. SIMS." 
The following Articles will appear from time to 
time as opportunity occurs : — 
"How I became a Naturalist." 
"Why I went to the Congo." 
"My Second Visit to the Congo." 
"Gorilla Dealing — Alive and Dead." 
"A true acount of the origination of the Wild 
Beast Business in Great Britain." 
"The Peculiarities of this Unique Business." 
"My Visit to South Africa." 
"The Advent of the Boxing Kangaroo and the 
Wrestling Lion." 
"Concerning 'Peter,' one of the most famous 
Chimpanzees of the Age; also on the train- 
ing of Chimpanzees in general." 
"The Arrival and Landing of the Barnum and 
Bailey Show, 1899." 
"My Expedition to Dyers Islands, Cape of Good 
Hope, resulting in the capture of 125 Pen- 
guins and 12 Cape Sea Lions." 
"Ivory Buying in the French Congo." 
" Concerning the Water Elephant in the Fernan 
Vaz District, French Congo." 
