Abstract
THE fact that this is the ninth reprint of a book first published in 1935 is sufficient evidence that it meets a widespread demand for a general natural history which will give in one volume some information about the modes of life and activities of various common animals. The authors have chosen representatives from each of the main phyla, arranged in order of their complexity from A mœba to man ; but the basis of selection is somewhat original and one finds not only animals familiar in everyday life, or economically important for food, fur, etc., but also unusual animals, such as those commonly seen in circuses and zoological gardens, animals familiar in literature, prehistoric animals, and even the unicorn, werewolf, and other mythological animals.
Parade of the Animal Kingdom
By Prof. Robert Hegner, assisted by Jane Z. Hegner. Pp. vii + 675. (New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1946.) 20s. net.
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HINDLE, E. Parade of the Animal Kingdom. Nature 161, 501 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161501b0
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