Believing that a more perfect knowledge of these animals will bring man into closer fellowship and deeper sympathy with nature, and with an abiding trust that it will widen the bounds of humanity and cause man to realize that he and they are but common links in the one great chain of life, the author gives this work to the world. When once man is impressed with the consciousness that in some degree, however small, all creatures think and feel, it will lessen his vanity and ennoble his heart.
THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| [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] |
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INTRODUCTION
Mr. Garner’s book needs no introduction. By this I mean that I think that no intelligent person will open into it without wishing to read more and more. The book is its own introduction.
I write these lines, not so much to explain what the book is as to introduce Mr. Garner himself to people who do not know him, that they may thank him for the step forward which he has made and is making.
It is hardly half a century since one of the highest authorities in the Church of England told us that animals have no rights whatever, and that men should be kind to them simply for the reason that it was desirable that men should improve their own characters. If I tied a tin pail to a dog’s tail, I injured my character. If I patted the dog on the head, I improved my character. “See all things for my use,”—this was really the motto of a book of ethics somewhat famous in its day.