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Tfe«ve just received such a good letter about our forthcoming ANT tttt.t. 
CDYSSET from Mr. Joseph W* Ldppineott that I felt you’d be interested to read 
•what another publisher has to say about this unusual book® Mr* Lippinoott 
•writesi 
,s To me* as one who has also collected for museums, hunted in fhr 
countries and studied nature in general over the best part of a 
lifetime, this is a very fascinating book* Dr* Mann’s experiences 
in the field and elsewhere, during various steps by which he rose 
to fame as a scientist, make the kind of reading which anyone 
interested in natural science, adventure and travel cannot afford 
to mis So There is nothing dry about it 5 he has avoided anything 
that was stuffy in the collecting of insects, mammals and reptiles* 
He has never overdramatized the events and he has missed no iota of 
the delightful humor which invariably characterises work of this 
kind* It is indeed an Odyssey* The Odyssey of a man whose life 
was dedicated to collecting knowledge the hard way* That antswere 
his particular hobby only adds to the entertaining accounts of the 
capture of other wild creatures desired by museums and goos* It 
is a story of success in a big and fascinating field® Dr® Ifenn 
can well look back on his exploits with satisfaction, and at the 
same time feel that his life story, as covered by the book, will pie 
pleas© and encourage others who look to the outdoors for their 
recreation or their life’s work*” 
Dr* William M* Mann is Director of the National Zoological Park, Smith¬ 
sonian Institution, Washington, D*> C. ANT HILL ODYSSEY (Atlantic-Little, 
Brown) will be published November 9© 
November 5, 1948 
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