. The life and habits of wild animals . T^he and Habits of WILD ANIMALS ILLUSTRATED BY DESIGNS BY JOSEPH M/OLF ENGRA VED BY J. W. & EDWARD WHYMPER. WITH DESCRIPTIVE LETTER-PRESS BY DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT, , LONDON:ALEXANDER MACMILLAN & CO., 1874. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. LONDON; PRINTED BY EDWARD WHYMPER, 1873. PREFACE. R. Joseph Wolf—to whose ability and friendship I am indebted for thetwenty illustrations which appear in this volume—was born in RhenishPrussia, on the left bank of the Rhine, not far from Coblenz. As a youthhe was passionately fond of observing and drawing Wil
. The life and habits of wild animals . T^he and Habits of WILD ANIMALS ILLUSTRATED BY DESIGNS BY JOSEPH M/OLF ENGRA VED BY J. W. & EDWARD WHYMPER. WITH DESCRIPTIVE LETTER-PRESS BY DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT, , LONDON:ALEXANDER MACMILLAN & CO., 1874. ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED. LONDON; PRINTED BY EDWARD WHYMPER, 1873. PREFACE. R. Joseph Wolf—to whose ability and friendship I am indebted for thetwenty illustrations which appear in this volume—was born in RhenishPrussia, on the left bank of the Rhine, not far from Coblenz. As a youthhe was passionately fond of observing and drawing Wild Animals, and loved toprowl over the hills, or amongst the woods, in search of objects for study. Hisearly efforts, like those of many artists who have risen high in their profession,were not fully appreciated, and he attained manhood without meeting with a length Professor Schlegel, of the Leyden Museum, who was about to publisha large work on Falconry, saw some of Mr. Wolfs drawings, and, recognizingtheir meritcu31924104730357
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