The English Hippopotamus, at the Zoological Gardens, to the French Ditto, at the "Jardin des Plantes"
The Hippopotamus (of the Zoological Gardens)
Genre: | Letter, Spoof |
Subjects: | Zoological Gardens, Amusement, Heroism, Animal Behaviour |
Letter in which the hippopotamus at the Zoological Society Gardens warns his more famous counterpart at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, about the transitoriness and disappointments of fame. |
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