Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Of Distinguished Animals
Portions of all the following chapters appeared in The Times at intervals during the year 1909, under the title of Studies in the Zoological Gardens and they are now published, with amendment and addition, by the courtesy of The Times Publishing Company.
In sketches of such a nature it is impossible, when quoting from authorities, to mention all the sources from which one draws without frequent interruption of the thread of ideas and constant annoyance to the reader. At the end of the volume will be found a list of the books from which quotation is made, and to such of the authors as are still within the reach of gratitude I wish to make acknowledgment of my indebtedness.
That the following pages have many shortcomings I am well aware. Some of them I should have hoped to remedy if the work of preparation for the press had been done under less serious disadvantages than are indicated by the address below.
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