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\nEDITORIAL BoARD OF THE BOOK-0F-THE-MONTH CLUBDorothy CanfeldClifton FadimanJohn P.MarquandChristopher MorleyHenry Seidel Canby,Chairman  \nMAN-EATERS OF KUMAONBy Jim Corbett  \nand THE SNAKE PITBy Mary Jane Ward  \nJim Corbett's curdling book is a gem of frst-hand experience,suchas few individuals in the world have ever had,tracking down andkilling elusive man-eating tigers in India,—not for fun but to relieveterrorized natives.On page after page“our own hackles of suspenserise,\"as Christopher Morley puts it....The Snake Pit is also aboutstrange human experience,worlds removed,a short novel,done withcharm and humor and fine sensitivity.It takes place in a hospital for thementallyill.The book is highly enlightening and its heroine delightful.  \n# MAN-EATERS OF KUMAONBy Jim Corbett\n\n(PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:Unless we are otherwise instructed,this book will be sentto you and also The Snake Pit--reviewed on the following pages—the two together for $3.00.When ordered together the volumes making up a dual selection count as one purchase only.Thisapplies to purchases necessary to complete the membership agreement and to credit for book-dividends.Either book may be ordered separately,but,under our arrangements with the publishers,at no reduction from its retail price.The retail price of Man-Eaters of Kumaon alone is $2.00.)  \nwe cannot watch our wheat crop so thcdeers have nearly ruined it.We cannotgo in the forest for fodder grass so manyof our cattle are to die.Under the cir-cumstances we are nearly to be ruined.The voice of all the public here is thatthis tiger will be killed only by you.  \nTHIS is so unusual abook,so far outsidethe usual range ofour choices,youmust be patientwhile I try to give.you a fair notion ofit.It describes thehunting of man-cat-ing tigers(and occa-  \nJim Corbett,lifelong student of the Indianjungle,spent more than thirty years “doingneedful,\"and saved thousands of lives.Headmits that he much prefers to photographthan to kill.But in the case of tigers(usu-ally elderly females)whom wounds,or badteeth or festering porcupine quills,have di-verted from their natural prey,there is norecourse but the bullet.One is staggered tolearn the ravages of a tiger once she haslcarned how easy a meal is man.One ofCorbett's earliest kills had slaughtered 434natives before he heard about her.An-other so terrorized a work-camp of severalthousand men that labor was at a stand-still.  \nCHRISTOPHER MORLEY  \nsionally leopards)that terrorized the hillvillages of Northern India.It is no narra-tive of killing beasts for pride or prowess;it was,literally,a question of The Villageor The Tiger.It is a story of murder(by thetiger),of detective skill and courage(ofthe solitary hunter),but also of natural his-tory,of the life of primitive peoples,of mar-velous scenic beauty,and an unconsciousrevelation of rare human character.It iscven,to me,an essay in economics,showingthat the laws of survival operate on beastsas closely as they do on ourselves.  \nA grand fellow,the old shikari(hunter),grizzled and weatherbeaten and sinewy(there's a photo of him in the book)withhis look of wary goblin humor and the down-drawn pucker of eyelids,mark of men whose  \nHere is the kind of message Jim Corbettused to get from the headmen of villages inthe Kumaon District(foothills of the Hima-layas).This one was dated February,1933,signed by forty names and four thumb-prints:一  \n·lives depend on unerring watchfulness.Hewrites with simple clarity that perfectly visu-alizes the most unfamiliar scenes.He says,describing one of his bad moments,\"I can-not expect you who read this at your firesidcto appreciate my feeling at the time.\"(He  \nRespected Sir:We all the public of theabove 3 Patties [villages]most humblybeg your kind consideration and doingneedful.In this vicinity a tiger has turnedout man-eater.B","cbCaia6qcHvHynM8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaia6qcHvHynM8","pdf",2285170,28,"English","# Editorial Board of the Book-of-the-Month 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