THE DAILY BEE: PATniDAY, J ANT All V ?5 1902.
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The Greatest Authorities
were commissioned to write the articles.
The instruction given to the manager of
every branch of the work was to get fthe
best regardless of expense."
No one who reads these ably written
pages can fail to be interested, for they con
tain not only accurate descriptions of the
various animals, but also interesting anec
dotes and accounts; of the adventures of cele
brated travelers.
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Hearing that the greatest Natural History ever under
taken was nearing completion, at great expense, and
after overcoming many difficulties, we bought the
exclusive right of sale in this territory of
liviQgmmalr
othe World
Marvelous Camera Work. The most ferocious animals
photographed successfully in forest and jungle.
Over 1.000 Illustrations
Many in Colors 850
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Every Animal
Photographed
Every Page Illustrated
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' These half-tone illustrations were taken direct
from the original photographs and every photograph
was taken from life.
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NOW READY SECTION 1
Contains: Introduction, Chapter ; Apes, Monkeys and Lemurs. A
complete description, of each animal, with many anecdotes and
SIXTY-SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS
Colored frontispiece of Gorilla. This huge ape, five feet, five inches high,
measures a distance of over eight feet from finger to finger.
Full-page photograph of Sea Swallows in flight.
East African Giraffe, photographed in the wilds of Africa.
Wild Elephants, taken in their African home.
' i Male Gorilla weighing 400 lbs., photographed with group of native
African Negroes.
Head of Proboscis Monkey ; one of the most striking faces in the
animal world.
Baboons in their jungle home ; photographed while looking for foo on the
ground, under, the, bamboos and palms, and sixty other remarkable illustra
tions from life.
Every Page Illustrated and Colored Frontispiece
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animals exist has been left unvisited.
A fierce man-eating lion, to cite one
instance, was photographed at a few yards
distance, while the royal beast looked with
amazement at the proceeding.
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