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Scientist's Saga 
ANT HILL ODYSSEY, By William M. 
Mann. Atlantic-Little, Brown. $3.50. 
The fascinating autobiography 
of the renowned explorer and sci 
entist, which may eventually 
reach four volumes, begins with 
his arrival in Montana. He got 
there “the convenient way, by be¬ 
ing born there.” It did away with 
the long journeys he took later to 
less accessible parts of the world 
His book is full of them. 
In spite of its title, though 
there is a great deal about the 
collecting and studying of ants, it 
is concerned with every living 
thing. It is about insects and 
birds and snakes and animals — 
and people. For “Bill,” now direc¬ 
tor of the National zoo in Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., is as famous for his 
enthusiastic friends in every cor¬ 
ner of the earth and in all walks 
of life as he is for his splendid 
achievements. 
He began as a small ,boy to col¬ 
lect friends as well as scientific 
specimens. As his collection grew, 
he needed a formal education to 
understand it; the State College 
of Washington, Stanford and 
Harvard universities followed. 
But his attendance at any school 
was constanlty interrupted by 
scientific exploration and col¬ 
lecting trips. There were jaunts 
into the American desert, expedi¬ 
tions to Brazil, Haiti and Mex 
ico; to Egypt and — on camelback 
— to Palestine; to Fiji, Australia, 
and the Pacific Islands. 
On one island he collected frogs 
by a lake later “discovered” by 
Martin Johnson. -He knew the 
Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal and ' 
Tulagi long before our Marines 
made them a byword. Photo¬ 
graphs and maps and colorful an¬ 
ecdotes make the book vivid. 
Many times Dr. Mann has been 
asked by aspiring young men to 
outline the steps necessary for a 
career like his; readers of this 
book will know the answer. Begin 
with a warm friendliness, robust 
constitution, tireless energy, and 
unbounded enthusiasm, add an 
undaunted will to succeed in the 
chosen field, cap them with a rare 
sense of humor and crown them 
with an ineffable personality, 
—M. B. & 
——,--- l -- : S t: .. 
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It is a great and glorious feeling to have helped 
cause your book, but you must be devoutly tnankful 
that it has appeared in print- Too bad Dr. 
Wheeler didnt get to chuckle over it. We shall 
look for Volume Two. 
Didnt know of all your experiences before coming 
to WSC. You would shut up like a clam whenever 
I asked you, so had to surmise the worst. You 
never would tell me if M. stood for Montana. 
Read every word of the book, which is some record 
for me• ALM 
dyssey * 
rAmfrkan boy hasn't dreamed of h^h a 
S't" m tran^nds m far parts o 
f' moTt' of us U a - ra ^, s a io dr t tn m ea“hJd. 
t have been born with Arabia< the Fijis, 
ie Amazon, then Hah , le natura hst and scientific 
demon Islands ; m > , birds and bats, and 
he hunted snakes and frogs, 
1 his chief obsession an ■ man who has 
durne is an autobi^P^ ^J^na farm boy 
is life to natural o eventually to become 
■ o-ood in a big way. who rose ^ text 1S lively 
or of the Zoo m Washing that has made 
lly bristling with the sr teurs in our capital 
n one of the most beloved strange places 
e would think that visiting so ( - book takes 
enough for a lifetime- Bu no^ ^ t 
through his youthful days ^ about Malaya 
ly for the sequel before we 0 ur author has 
the Rfo Negro, and the Argentine. 
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