Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 90
geswithout learning to do so. There are all sorts ofexciting experiences, as you may imagine, start-ling customs, things beautiful, and things ugly,for the book is a true book. Mr. Hornaday writes of animal life in thejungle from the standpoint of a master, for onthis subject his knowledge is… … 72 BOOKS AND READING [Nov., I for instance, a species of ant-eater attired in acoat of mail, a gentle creature, but both obstinateand determined. No cage or box could keep himsafe; no rope could be fastened to him. Whenhe was disturbed, he would roll himself neatlyup and clamp matters with his…
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