+(Charles) William Beebe+--Nature writer.

Born at Brooklyn, 1877. B.S., Columbia, 1898; post-graduate work, 1898-9.
Honorary Curator of Ornithology, New York Zoölogical Society since 1899;
director of the British Guiana Zoölogical Station. Has traveled
extensively in Asia, South America, and Mexico, especially, for purposes
of observation.


SUGGESTIONS FOR READING

1. Although Mr. Beebe is preëminently an ornithologist, he belongs to
literature by reason of the volumes of nature studies listed below. A
comparison of his books with those of the English ornithologist, W.H.
Hudson (cf. Manly and Rickert, _Contemporary British Literature_) is
illuminative of the merits of both.

2. Another interesting comparison may be made between Mr. Beebe's
descriptions of the jungle in _Jungle Peace_ and H.M. Tomlinson's in _Sea
and Jungle_ (cf. Manly and Rickert, _op. cit._).

3. An analysis of the use of suggestion in appeal to the different senses
brings out one of the main sources of Mr. Beebe's charm as a writer.

4. Read aloud several fine passages to observe the prose rhythms.


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