The Black Phantom

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BY LEO E. MILLER
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Copyright, 1922, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Copyright, 1922, BY THE OPEN ROAD
Printed in the United States of America
TO MY SON SPENCER KELSEY MILLER
The dried or mounted skins of animals from out-of-the-way places are familiar to every one who has visited museums and other similar institutions. But, no matter how cleverly arranged, they suggest comparatively little of the creatures’ real appearance in their native environment.
The comedies, the tragedies, and the life stories of the untrammelled wild creatures are infinitely more fascinating than a survey of their lifeless and often faded forms, only too frequently collected by the hundreds with little other thought than that of classification or the possession first of rare or undescribed species.
It was with the view of bringing to light the home life of some of the jungle’s inhabitants that “The Black Phantom” was written.
Leo E. Miller