LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Frank C. Bostock[Frontispiece]
Mr. Bostock and his eight lions[9]
[*]Herman Weedon and his group of lions, tiger, brown, Tibet, and sloth bears, Silesian boarhounds, and hyena[20]
[*]The towering of the kings[26]
“The Three Graces”[35]
“Denver” and “Cæsar”[41]
Mlle. Aurora and her polar bears[48]
Lion monarchs in infancy[57]
“Brandu,” the snake-charmer[64]
M. Johnson and his trained elephant[70]
[*]The old arm-chair[79]
Madame Pianka
From a photograph by Chickering
[85]
Mr. Charles Miller and his Bengal tigers[95]
Queer friends—camel, lionesses, and dromedary[106]
Wild ass, quagga, and zebras[111]
[*]Teaching a lion to ride a tricycle[122]
Polar bear used at Pan-American Exposition for drawing children’s carriage[127]
Elephants and trainer[137]
Trained but not tamed[148]
“Depew”[154]
[*]A difficult feat[163]
[*]“Doc” balancing himself on a ball placed on a see-saw[169]
[*]Jaguars, leopards, and panthers[179]
[*]Exchanging confidences[190]
The largest number of lions ever grouped[196]
[*]Herman Weedon defying his fiercest lion[205]
Captain Jack Bonavita
From a photograph by Frank
[211]
[*]Madame Morelli and her jaguars, panthers, and leopards[221]
“Consul,” the chimpanzee[232]
[*]Captain Bonavita carrying a lion weighing five hundred pounds[238]
Mr. Sam Stevenson
From a photograph by Frank
[247]
Polar bears at play[253]

[*] From photographs by Hall.