The Monkeyfolk of South Africa (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Monkeyfolk of South Africa<br><br>This books is the first of a series which I hope in due time to have published.<br><br>The monkeys are at the head of the sub-human animal kingdom, so I have taken them first.<br><br>Each group of animals will be dealt with in turn, until a complete history of the animals of South Africa has been produced.<br><br>This volume is written mostly in the form of anecdotes. The animals are made to tell their own stories.<br><br>By adopting this style I hope to interest the minds of our boys and girls, and at the same time to present all that is known to science about the ways and habits of the animals of South Africa.<br><br>I have been encouraged to do this by the large measure of success which attended such efforts in the past, in connection with the literary and lecturing departments of my work as a museum director. In the degree that a writer is able to interest the mind of the reader, so just in that degree will he succeed in impressing the cells of the grey matter of the brain. Unless the teacher succeed in arousing the intelligent interest of his pupil, he can make but little headway.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.