Anguish, by August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck, c. 1878. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

Animals

Volume VI, Number 2 | spring 2013

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Preamble

Man and Beast

By Lewis H. Lapham

Michel de Montaigne once considered, “When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime for her more than she is to me?”

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How to Be a Stuffed Animal

By Frances Stonor Saunders

The American Museum of Natural History, Teddy Roosevelt, and the importance of taxidermy.

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Working Relationships

Man and beast in collaboration.

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Miscellany

In 1878 the American consul in Bangkok presented a cat to President Rutherford B. Hayes, who named it Siam. It is believed to have been the first Siamese cat to enter the U.S.

2012 | New York City

On Patrol with the K-9 Unit

Burkhard Bilger explores the history of police dogs.More

1767 | Paris

Construction Site

Buffon marvels at the ingenuity of beavers.More

c. 1843 | Pacific Ocean

In the Mouth of a Whale

Herman Melville and the watery beast. More

Charts & Graphs

Animal Testing

In the lab with Fluffy.

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Photograph of pilot, horse trainer, writer, and adventurer Beryl Markham on horseback.

Black and white photograph of a young Mark Twain with dark hair.

Black and white photograph of Russian author Leo Tolstoy.

Portrait bust of Roman poet Virgil.

Black and white photograph of German-language writer Franz Kafka.

Photograph of Native American poet and novelist Leslie Marmon Silko.

Photograph of British journalist and historian Frances Stonor Saunders.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

—D.H. Lawrence, 1911

Sculpture bust of Greek historian Herodotus.

Photograph of American biologist Lynn Margulis.

Herodotus & Lynn Margulis

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