A naturalist’s reproduction of the intimate life of animals “which no human eye had ever before witnessed.” “The lion, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, zebra, and hyena, monkeys, antelope, jackals, leopards, and many kinds of birds are the subjects. All of them Mr. Schillings has hunted, photographed, studied, and killed, often at the greatest risk.” (Outlook.)
+ Ath. 1906, 1: 476. Ap. 21. 460w.
“His pluck, endurance, sincerity and enthusiasm are as real as his pictures.”
+ + Critic. 48: 383. Ap. ’06. 350w.
“It is probably no exaggeration to say that this is the most remarkable book of wild animal photography that has ever been printed, but there our praise is inclined to stop. We can commend the laborious efforts of Mr. Schillings in gathering his elaborate scientific data, but we can hardly praise his narrative or descriptive skill.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + – Dial. 40: 232. Ap. 1, ’06. 780w.
“The translation [by F: Whyte] is a good one and appears to follow the text closely. It is a portrait gallery of wild life for Africa, such as is Wallihan’s ‘Camera shots at big game’ for the Rocky mountains.”
+ + Ind. 60: 221. Ja. 25, ’06. 720w. Ind. 61: 1172. N. 15, ’06. 16w.
“The book ... is not a unified whole so much as a series of detached monographs in which a great deal too much is taken for granted. The work has obviously suffered in translation.”