Punch,  15 (1848), 130.

A Republican Myth

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Zoology, Animal Development, Evolution, Human Development, Politics


    Responds to a report in a French newspaper concerning a young orang-utan who resembles a three-year-old child, and who is 'very affectionate', 'feeds delicately', and is 'very susceptible of cold'. Believes the animal is Louis-Napoleon.



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