  | PAGE | | Frank C. Bostock | Frontispiece | | Mr. Bostock and his eight lions | 9 | | *Herman Weedon and his group of lions, tiger, brown, Tibet, and sloth bears, Silesian boarhounds, and hyena | 20 | | *The towering of the kings | 26 | | “The Three Graces” | 35 | | “Denver” and “CÆsar” | 41 | | Mlle. Aurora and her polar bears | 48 | | Lion monarchs in infancy | 57 | | “Brandu,” the snake-charmer | 64 | | M. Johnson and his trained elephant | 70 | | *The old arm-chair | 79 | Madame Pianka
From a photograph by Chickering | 85 | | Mr. Charles Miller and his Bengal tigers | 95 | | Queer friends—camel, lionesses, and dromedary | 106 | | Wild ass, quagga, and zebras | 111 | | *Teaching a lion to ride a tricycle | 122 | | Polar bear used at Pan-American Exposition for drawing children’s carriage | 127 | | Elephants and trainer | 137 | | Trained but not tamed | 148 | | “Depew” | 154 | | *A difficult feat | 163 | | *“Doc” balancing himself on a ball placed on a see-saw | 169 | | *Jaguars, leopards, and panthers | 179 | | *Exchanging confidences | 190 | | The largest number of lions ever grouped | 196 | | *Herman Weedon defying his fiercest lion | 205 | Captain Jack Bonavita
From a photograph by Frank | 211 | | *Madame Morelli and her jaguars, panthers, and leopards | 221 | | “Consul,” the chimpanzee | 232 | | *Captain Bonavita carrying a lion weighing five hundred pounds | 238 | Mr. Sam Stevenson
From a photograph by Frank | 247 | | Polar bears at play | 253 |
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