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Governorship of a black, uncharted Java at 30, then to deal fairly with natives, to write a history of Java, to collect maps, curios, flora, fauna-and finally, against the opposition of his elders, to snatch an island and found a city (at the age of 37) dedicated to free trade, vigorous justice, mixed honor and unceasing labor. This was a pungent man; Britain needed more like him in the East...
Like its immediate predecessor, Happy Days (about his boisterous Baltimore childhood), this is a book of reminiscences -a rollicking account of Henry Mencken's start and rapid rise in journalism from 1899 to 1906. Interspersed are hilarious portraits of tavernkeepers, politicians, cops and other period fauna...
...animal cage under a life-size photograph of Gorilla Gargantua. Said an accompanying placard: "Cathedra gargantua, genus americanus. Weight when fully matured, 60 pounds. Habitat, the American Home. Devours little children, pencils, small change, fountain pens, bracelets, clips, earrings, scissors, hairpins, and other small flora and fauna of the domestic jungle. Is far from extinct...
...answer is to line up the animal wagons in the parade of international politics. Zoomen plan to send aggressive collectors to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, fight for ark space on banana-boat decks, show zoogoers the fauna of their Good Neighbors. Jennings is hoping that British Empire good will will bring in rare koalas from Australia, wingless kiwi birds from New Zealand (both are now legally barred from export...
Hubert L. Clark, for the preparation of a manuscript, in anticipation of publication, on "Echinoderm Fauna of Australia...