동물들의 본능과 습관들의 일화 이야기들.Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals, by R. Lee

동물들의 본능과 습관들의 일화 이야기들.Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals, by R. Lee
PREFACE.
In making a selection of anecdotes, those have been assembled which were
supplied by me to other works, and in most instances have received considerable
amplification; others have been given which never before were printed―perhaps
not even written; while all which have been transferred from other pages to mine
have received the stamp of authenticity. Besides those whose names are already
mentioned, I have to thank several friends who have drawn from their private
stores for my advantage, and thus enabled me to offer much that is perfectly
new.
Dry details of science and classification have been laid aside, but a certain order
has been kept to avoid confusion; and, although endeavours have been made to
throw as much interest as possible over these recorded habits and actions of the
brute creation; I love the latter too well to raise a doubt by one word of
embellishment, even if I did not abstain from principle.
The intentions with which this work was commenced have not been carried out,
inasmuch as materials have crowded upon me beyond all calculation; and,
although a large portion has been rejected, the anecdotes related go no farther
than the Mammalia, while almost all animals were to have been included.