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.