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Edge of the Jungle, by William Beebe
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Title: Edge of the Jungle
Author: William Beebe
Release Date: June 24, 2008 [EBook #25888]
Language: English
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[Illustration: WILLIAM BEEBE Author of Edge of the Jungle, Jungle Days, Gallapagos, World's End, The Arcturus Adventure, etc.]
BY THE AUTHOR OF "JUNGLE DAYS," "THE LOG OF THE SUN," ETC.
EDGE OF THE
JUNGLE
By WILLIAM BEEBE
Honorary Curator of Birds and Director of the Tropical Research Station of the New York Zoological Society.
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK
GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING CO., INC.
COPYRIGHT, 1921
BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
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TO THE BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES, THE ANTS AND TREE-FROGS WHO HAVE TOLERATED ME IN THEIR JUNGLE ANTE-CHAMBERS I OFFER THIS VOLUME OF FRIENDLY WORDS
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NOTE
This second series of essays, following those in Jungle Peace, are republished by the kindness of the Editors of The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine and House and Garden.
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