Foreword＆Eric Duthie 9
Acknowledgements 13
Evocation － The Kingdom of the Beast＆Llewelyn Powys 17
Part One The Golden Age 25
A Gazelle＆Karen Blixen 27
Maxwell＇s Otter＆Gavin Maxwell 42
The Albino Bat＆Leonard Dubkin 54
Samuel Whiskers＆Frances Pitt 69
Elsa Learns to Hunt＆Joy Adamson 75
The Story of Cholmondely＆Gerald Durrell 84
Part Two The Hunter and the Hunted 91
The Nightjar＇s Eggs:the End of a Man-eater＆Jim Corbett 93
The Wild Goat＇s Kid＆Liam O＇Flaherty 102
Falcons＆Clifford Hornby 111
1 The Merlin 111
2 The Peregrine 117
Gorilla Hunter＆Paul du Chaillu 121
The Muckle Hart of Ben More＆Charles St John 127
Running the Buffalo＆Francis Parkman 140
Blind Driver Ants:a Terror by Night＆Arthur Loveridge 147
Wood Pigeons in November＆Ian Niall 157
When Things Go Wrong 163
1 Trouble with a Tusker＆Colonel Kesri Singh 163
2 Trouble with a Leopard＆Carl Akeley 169
Death of a Wren＆Frank Kendon 178
Part Three Observers and Collectors 181
Brief Encounters 183
1 Seen and Lost＆W．H．Hudson 183
2 The White Goose＆W．H．Hudson 187
3 A Little War＆Henry David Thoreau 191
Sea Beasts of the Kon-Tiki＆Thor Heyerdahl 194
The Typhlops in Disguise＆Gerald Durrell 205
Fire Opal＆J．H．Williams 213
The Clepsine leech＆Sally Carrighar 219
Palisade Magic＆William Beebe 226
The Taming of the Shrew＆Konrad Z．Lorenz 236
On a Tropical Island＆Gilbert C．Klingel 254
1 Sea Anemones 254
2 The Edge of a World 258
The Mantis:her Love-making＆Jean Henri Fabre 265
King Cobra＆Frank Buck and Edward Anthony 271
The Beast as Entertainer 281
1 How to Train Fleas＆Francis Buckland 281
2 Paradise Lost＆G．W．Stonier 284
Part Four The Inquiring Mind 289
Instinct and Intelligence＆E．L．Grant Watson 291
Mind Under Water＆Richard Jefferies 296
Science，or Sentiment＆Henry Williamson 303
Sympathy in Apes＆Wolfgang Kohler 308
Some Experiments with Animals＆Frank W．Lane 318
Man＇s Place in Nature＆Sir Julian Huxley 329