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" The Camera is mightier than the Gun " 



Library of Natural History 



ILLUSTRATED ENTIRELY FROM ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS, MANY OF THEM IN COLORS 



EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS 



Charles J. Cornish Ernest Ingersoll 



John W. Gregory Sir Harry H. Johnston 



H. N. Hutchinson Prof. Richard Lyddeker 



F. C. Selous 

 W. Saville-Kent 



FIVE DE LUXE VOLUMES — 2,000 ILLUSTRATIONS 



and many other experts and authorities on every branch of Natural History 



THIS is the only Natural History 

 in existence illustrated entirely 

 from actual photographs, many 

 of which were secured at an enormous 

 expense and after years of patient labor. 

 In some instances special expeditions, 

 armed with cameras and dry plates, 

 had to be sent to foreign lands. It is 

 a history of all living creatures on the 

 earth — animals and man — told by trav- 

 ellers, anthropologists and eminent 

 authorities. Although scientific and 



accurate, it is entertaining and instructive throughout, being designed for the average reader. 

 Descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects, as well as true stories of the intelli- 

 gence of animals in protecting themselves, in tracking their prey, in caring for their young, etc. , 

 are given in such a way as to interest and benefit every reader, young and old. It is the first 

 Natural History projected and written along modern lines. 



Complete in five large volumes, 8^ x n inches, printed on the finest satin finished paper and bound in two 

 styles, cloth buckram and half leather. Contains over 2,000 illustrations, many of which are in colors. 



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