CONTENTS

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[Introduction][xi]
[CHAPTER I]
Monkeys, Apes, and Men—Comparative Anatomy—Skulls—The Law of Cranial Projection[1]
[CHAPTER II]
Early Impression—What is Speech?—First Efforts—The Phonograph—The First Record of Monkey Speech—Monkey Words—Phonetics—Human Speech and Monkey Speech[12]
[CHAPTER III]
Monkey Friends—Jokes—The Sound of Alarm—Jennie[24]
[CHAPTER IV]
Monkey Ethics—Sense of Color—Monkeys Enumerate—First Principles of Art[30]
[CHAPTER V]
Pedro’s Speech Recorded—Delivered to Puck through the Phonograph—Little Darwin Learns a New Word[38]
[CHAPTER VI]
Five Little Brown Cousins: Mickie, McGinty, Nemo, Dodo, and Nigger—Nemo Apologizes to Dodo [45]
[CHAPTER VII]
Meeting with Nellie—Nellie was my Guest—Her Speech and Manners—Helen Keller and Nellie—One of Nellie’s Friends—Her Sight and Hearing—Her Toys and how She Played with Them[52]
[CHAPTER VIII]
Caged in an African Jungle—The Cage and its Contents—Its Location—Its Purpose—The Jungle—The Great Forest—Its Grandeur—Its Silence[60]
[CHAPTER IX]
Daily Life and Scenes in the Jungle—How I Passed the Time—What I Had to Eat—How it was Prepared—How I Slept—My Chimpanzee Companion[73]
[CHAPTER X]
The Chimpanzee—The Name—Two Species—The Kulu-Kamba—Distribution—Color and Complexion[85]
[CHAPTER XI]
Physical Qualities of the Chimpanzee—His Social Habits—Mental Characteristics[92]
[CHAPTER XII]
The Speech of Chimpanzees—A New System of Phonetic Symbols—Some Common Words—Gestures[108]
[CHAPTER XIII]
Moses—His Capture—His Character—His Affections—His Food—His Daily Life—Anecdotes of Him[117]
[CHAPTER XIV]
The Character of Moses—He Learns a Human Word—He Signs His Name to a Document—His Illness—Death[134]
[CHAPTER XV]
Aaron—His Capture—Mental Powers—Acquaintance with Moses—His Conduct during Moses’ Illness[144]
[CHAPTER XVI]
Aaron and Elisheba—Their Characteristics—Anecdotes—Jealousy of Aaron[153]
[CHAPTER XVII]
Illness of Elisheba—Aaron’s Care of Her—Her Death—Illness and Death of Aaron[167]
[CHAPTER XVIII]
Other Chimpanzees—The Village Pet—A Chimpanzee as Diner-Out—Notable Specimens in Captivity[175]
[CHAPTER XIX]
Other Kulu-Kambas—A Knotty Problem—Instinct or Reason—Various Types[202]
[CHAPTER XX]
The Gorilla—His Habitat—Skeleton—Skull—Color—Structural Peculiarities[211]
[CHAPTER XXI]
Habits of the Gorilla—Social Traits—Government—Justice—Mode of Attack—Screaming and Beating—Food[231]
[CHAPTER XXII]
Othello and Other Gorillas—Othello and Moses—Gorilla Visitors—Gorilla Mother and Child—Scarcity of Gorillas—Unauthentic Tales [247]
[CHAPTER XXIII]
Other Apes—The Apes in History—Habitat—The Orangs—The Gibbon[266]
[CHAPTER XXIV]
The Treatment of Apes in Captivity—Temperature—Building—Food—Occupation[278]
[Index][287]