Produced by Sharon Joiner, monkeyclogs and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS Heinemann's Scientific Handbooks. _Each Volume Crown 8vo, Uniformly Bound and Illustrated._ =MANUAL OF ASSAYING GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, AND LEAD ORES.= By WALTER LEE BROWN, B.Sc. Revised, Corrected, and considerably Enlarged, with a chapter on the Assaying of Fuel, &c. By A. B. GRIFFITHS, Ph.D., F.R.S. (Edin.), F.C.S. 7s. 6d. _Financial World._--"The most complete and practical manual on everything which concerns assaying of all which have come before us." =GEODESY.= By J. HOWARD GORE. 5s. _Science Gossip._--"It is the best we could recommend to all geodetic students. It is full and clear, thoroughly accurate, and up to date in all matters of earth-measurements." =THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GASES.= By ARTHUR L. KIMBALL. 5s. _Chemical News._--"The man of culture who wishes for a general and accurate acquaintance with the physical properties of gases, will find in Mr. Kimball's work just what he requires." =HEAT AS A FORM OF ENERGY.= BY R. H. THURSTON. 5s. _Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science._--"The author presents in popular language an outline of the growth of our modern philosophy of the form of energy known as heat." =A MANUAL OF BACTERIOLOGY.= By A. B. GRIFFITHS, Ph.D., F.R.S. (Edin.), F.C.S. [_In the Press._ LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 21 BEDFORD STREET, W.C. THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS BY R. L. GARNER LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1892 [_All rights reserved_] * * * * * _To_ _MY DEVOTED WIFE_ _Whose zeal for my success is the light which guides me along the highway of my labours, and to those earnest friends, Mr. Walter S. Logan, Judge Charles P. Daly, Mr. James Muhlenberg Bailey, Mr. Samuel S. McClure, Hon. O. B. Potter, Dr. Alexander Melville Bell, Hon. John Hay, Professor S. E. Tillman, Mrs. Henry Draper, Mr. J. V. V. Booream, Mr. G. Hilton Scribner, and Mr. B. Schlesinger, who have opened their purse as they opened their hearts, and afforded me that aid which made it possible for me to continue my researches. With them I shall gladly share the glory of all that my efforts may achieve, and to them, with profound and affectionate gratitude, this first contribution to Science on this subject is justly dedicated by_ _THE AUTHOR._ * * * * * PREFACE