The childhood of animals / by Sir P. Chalmers Mitchell.

  • Peter Chalmers Mitchell
Date:
[1940]
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Credit: The childhood of animals / by Sir P. Chalmers Mitchell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE CHILDHOOD OF ANIMALS This book is based on Christmas Lectures adapted to a young audience given by Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell at the Royal Institution in London. For more than thirty years the author was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London and is even better known as the creator of Whipsnade Zoological Park, which struck a new note in the care and display of animals in captivity. Few persons have had more experience in observing the different phases through which animals pass in their growth from birth to adult life. But the author is also a distinguished scientific biologist, and in addition to fascinating descriptions of the events of childhood, there is interpretation of their meaning and purpose. The differ- ences between instinct and intelligence are explained, and in the last chapter suggestions are made as to the application of the results of a general study of youth to the upbringing of human beings PELICAN BOOKS are available throughout the world, but owing to copyright restrictions not all of the titles published in England may be purchased in America. Should any difficulty be experienced in obtaining any particular title, write to PENGUIN BOOKS LIMITED HARMONDSWORTH, MIDDLESEX ENGLAND or PENGUIN BOOKS INC 41 EAST 28th STREET NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A. 6
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