place of animah ~ l1 according y My life gives me little time for leisure reading. I]dlffficult even to keep pace with the books of myfriends. So, when it was suggested that I might eon~foreword to this present book, I confess to having lo!the task with a certain degree of apprehension. It iwhen I actually began to read it, I became morefascinated by its originality and its charming anthor~lying philosophy. May I hasten, therefore, to tongiher on the depth and range of her knowledge obvious efficiency of the research which the writing book must have involved. I have learned much fr~l it in manuscript form and have no doubt that, printed and bound, it will be frequently borrowed ~ bookshelves as a reference work~ Such books as Natural Beauty With Herbs ~[ thrice-welcome corrective in an age of commercial! and it is good also to note that the author is fully in her opposition to man's inhumanity to the animal kingdom.