[Illustration: AGE 28. 1875. PROFESSOR OF GERMAN AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NEW YORK. "TALES OF TWO HEMISPHERES."] [Illustration: AGE 35. 1882. PROFESSOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES, COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK CITY. "DAUGHTER OF THE PHILISTINES."] [Illustration: 1893. THE AUTHOR OF "SOCIAL STRUGGLERS."] ALPHONSE DAUDET. [Illustration: AGE 21, PARIS, 1861. "LETTERS FROM MY MILL."] [Illustration: AGE 30, PARIS, 1870.] [Illustration: AGE 35, PARIS, 1875. "FROMONT JEUNE ET RISLER AINÉ."] [Illustration: DAUDET AT THE PRESENT DAY.] WILD ANIMALS.--I HOW THEY ARE CAPTURED, TRANSPORTED, TRAINED, AND SOLD. BY RAYMOND BLATHWAYT. The greatest wild animal trader in the world is Karl Hagenbeck of Hamburg. To hear, therefore, how he captures and transports the brutes that compose his stock in trade, how he trains them, and some of the peculiarly strange adventures which have befallen him in dealing with them, cannot fail to be of interest. A few days ago I went to his Hamburg menagerie, where, on opening a door, I found myself in a great shed full of caged wild beasts. As visitors, except those on business, are not allowed within those notable precincts, my unexpected appearance excited the cages' occupants to set up a grand concerto of roars and howls. Awestruck at the sight and sounds, I stood dazed until suddenly recalled to myself by a Nubian lion, who laid hold of my cloak-flaps with unsheathed claws. At once I leaped forward, while the beast retired snarling to the farthest corner of its cage, where in the dark shadows its eyes glared like two living coals. At this moment Mr. Hagenbeck came forward and gave me a hearty welcome, coupled with a word of warning against venturing too near the cages. He is a tall man, singularly pleasant looking, with keen eyes and a decisive manner. Later we sat in his office, and there I heard many incidents of the interesting life which he has led for so many years.