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...Jungle by Henry James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Beast in the Jungle by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beast in the Jungle by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec... ...lvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James Beast in the Jungle by Henry James CHAPTER I W hat determined the speech th... ...d almost equally by the presence of those who knew too much and by that 4 Beast in the Jungle of those who knew nothing. The great rooms caused so mu... ...rilliant, yet he was really still more pleased on her showing him, with 6 Beast in the Jungle amusement, that in his haste to make everything right h... ...y keeping back what she said and hoping to get on without it; a scruple 8 Beast in the Jungle in her that immensely touched him when, by the end of t... ...f she didn’t take the sarcastic view she clearly took the sympathetic, 10 Beast in the Jungle and that was what he had had, in all the long time, fro... .... If she hadn’t been interested before she’d have been interested now. 12 Beast in the Jungle “Is it a sense of coming violence?” Evidently now too a... ...had served its purpose well, had given them quite enough; so that they 14 Beast in the Jungle were, to Marcher’s sense, no longer hovering about the ...

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...Table of Contents: I: Into the Primitive, 1 -- II: The Law of Club and Fang, 9 -- III: The Dominant Primordial Beast, 16 -- IV: Who Has Won to Mastership, 26 -- V: The Toil of Trace and Trail, 33 -- VI: For the Love of a Man, 44 -- VII: The Sounding of the Call, 54...

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...g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 III: The Dominant Primordial Beast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 IV: Who Has Won to Maste... ...s of his wife and divers small copies of himself. III The Dominant Primordial Beast T HE dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the ... .... Till now Buck had avoided trouble with his enemy, but this was too much. The beast in him roared. He sprang upon Spitz with a fury which surprised t... ...it to heem, by Gar! Gif it to heem, the dirty t’eef!” The Dominant Primordial Beast 17 Spitz was equally willing. He was crying with sheer rage and e... ...r part of the camp, hurried to save their sled dogs. The wild wave of famished beasts rolled back before them, and Buck shook himself free. But it was... ...er. He took all manner of risks, resolutely thrusting The Dominant Primordial Beast 19 his little weazened face into the frost and struggling on from... ...ks as he pulled with all his strength; the pride that The Dominant Primordial Beast 21 laid hold of them at break of camp, transforming them from sou... ... punishment they deserved. And even Billee, the good The Dominant Primordial Beast 23 natured, was less good natured, and whined not half so placati... ...repared to receive a rush; never attacked till he had The Dominant Primordial Beast 25 first defended that attack. In vain Buck strove to sink his tee...

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...early form of one of these. They are to be found from India to Scandinavia, adapted to the manners and fancy of every country in turn, Beauty and the Beast and the Black Bull of Norroway are the most familiar forms of the tale, and it seemed to me one of those legends of such universal property that it was quite fair to put it into 18th century English costume....

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... adapted to the manners and fancy of every country in turn, Beauty and the Beast and the Black Bull of Norroway are the most familiar forms of the tal... ...n account of Spanish outrages at sea, or mayhap the story of a marvel- ous beast, half-tiger, half-wolf, reported to be running wild in France. The ot... ... Colonel Mar, carelessly; “he may term himself a very Orpheus charming the beasts, so that they snatch his poems from him!” Then, as Sir Amyas returne... ...dering apologies about its being against orders to admit gentle or simple, beast or body into the court, and that a poor woman could not lose her plac... ...t madam says that it’s her ladyship’s pleasure you should have that little beast to keep down the rats. As if my cats was not enough! But mind you, Ma...

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... drunke? See doth he breath? .Hun. He breath?s my Lord. Were he not warm?d with Ale, this were a bed but cold to sleep so soundly. Lord. Oh monstrous beast, how like a swine he lyes. Grim death, how foule and loathsome is thine image: Sirs, I will practise on this drunken man....

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...s were a bed but cold to sleep so soundly. 38 Lord. Oh monstrous beast, how like a swine he lyes. 39 Grim death, how foule and loathso... ... before this frost: but thou 1661 know’st winter tames man, woman, and beast: for it 1662 hath tam’d my old master, and my new mistris, and my... ...selfe fellow Curtis. 1664 Gru. Away you three inch foole, I am no beast. 1665 Gru. Am I but three inches? Why thy horne is a foot 16... ...o marrie with her, though she would intreate, 1882 Fie on her, see how beastly she doth court him. 1883 Hor. Would all the world but he ha...

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...egall) That you into such perils presently doth call? The Blattant Beast (quoth he) I doe pursew, And through the world incessantly doe... ... To find him out, yet still I forward trace. What is that Blattant Beast? (then he replide) It is a Monster bred of hellishe race, ... ... Then since the saluage Island I did leaue Sayd Artegall, I such a Beast did see, The which did seeme a thousand tongues to haue, ... ...son forth did poure. The Faerie Queene: Book VI. 7 That surely is that Beast (saide Calidore) Which I pursue, of whom I am right glad ... ...29 Canto III. Calidore brings Priscilla home, Pursues the Blatant Beast: Saues Serena, whilest Calepine By T urpine is opprest. ... ...ne: Book VI. 35 All sodainely out of the forrest nere The Blatant Beast forth rushing vnaware, Caught her thus loosely wandring here a... ... men dismayde, Ran after fast, to reskue the distressed mayde. The Beast with their pursuit incited more, Into the wood was bearing her... ... shade; Where foot of liuing creature neuer troade, Ne scarse wyld beasts durst come, there was this wights abode. Thether he brought t... ...bad Stuard neither plough’d nor sowed, Ne fed on flesh, ne euer of wyld beast Did taste the bloud, obaying natures first beheast. Yet h...

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... Stuft with steele headed darts, wherewith she queld The saluage beastes in her victorious play, Knit with a golden bauldricke, which f... ...iall shew, Nor voyce sound mortall; I auow to thee, Such wounded beast, as that, I did not see, Sith earst into this forrest wild I cam... ...e, And towards gan a deadly shaft aduaunce, In mind to marke the beast. At which sad stowre, T rompart forth stept, to stay the mortall... ...ere maist thou best be seene, and best maist see: The wood is fit for beasts, the court is fit for thee. Who so in pompe of proud estate (qu... ... fire streightway, Against him turning all his fell intent, With beastly brutish rage gan him assay, And smot, and bit, and kickt, and ... ...d compell On foot with him to matchen equall fight; The truncked beast fast bleeding, did him fowly dight. The Faerie Queene: Book II. 56 ... ... Disleall knight, whose coward courage chose T o wreake it selfe on beast all innocent, And shund the marke, at which it should be ment, ... ...ning in full course he spies, He slips aside; the whiles that furious beast His precious horne, sought of his enimies Strikes in the st... ...l frayes, Whose carkases, for terrour of his name, Of fowles and beastes he made the piteous prayes, And hong their conquered armes for...

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...r a while, Lo where a griesly Foster forth did rush, Breathing out beastly lust her to defile: His tyreling iade he fiercely forth did ... ...durst assay. Like dastard Curres, that hauing at a bay The saluage beast embost in wearie chace, Dare not aduenture on the stubborne pr... ...pyde. But for she saw him bent to cruell play, To hunt the saluage beast in forrest wyde, Dreadfull of daunger, that mote him betyde, ... ...yde, She oft and oft aduiz’d him to refraine From chase of greater beasts, whose brutish pryde Mote breede him scath vnwares: but all i... ...The time, that mortall men their weary cares Do lay away, and all wilde beastes do rest, And euery riuer eke his course forbeares Then ... ...t playd Pasiphaë a more monstrous part, That lou’d a Bull, and learnd a beast to bee; Such shamefull lusts who loaths not, which depart ... ...nd the greene grasse, that groweth, they shall bren, That euen the wild beast shall dy in starued den. Whiles thus thy Britons do in languou... ...coast at length she her addrest. There she alighted from her light foot beast, And sitting downe vpon the rocky shore, Bad her old Squi... ...eene, That fast she from him fled, no lesse affrayd, Then of wilde beastes if she had chased beene: Yet he her followd still with coura...

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...ne, no dreadfull trompets sound, Peace vniuersall rayn’d mongst men and beasts, And all things freely grew out of the ground: Iustice s... ...want there of mankind, She caused him to make experience Vpon wyld beasts, which she in woods did find, With wrongfull powre oppressing... ...ht, Vntill the ripenesse of mans yeares he raught; That euen wilde beasts did feare his awfull sight, And men admyr’d his ouerruling mi... ...bestad, That lim he could not wag. Thence he him lad, Bound like a beast appointed to the stall: The sight whereof the Lady sore adrad,... ...s when a Beare hath seiz’d her cruell clawes Vppon the carkasse of some beast too weake, Proudly stands ouer, and a while doth pause, T... ... Proudly stands ouer, and a while doth pause, To heare the piteous beast pleading her plaintiffe cause. Whom when as Artegall in that d... ...yclowded With fearefull shadowes of deformed night, Warn’d man and beast in quiet rest be shrowded, Bold Radigund with sound of trumpe ... ...rtaine from the heauens withdrew, And earely calling forth both man and beast, Comaunded them their daily workes renew, These noble war... ...ayd not to aduise which way to take; But putting spurres vnto her fiery beast, Thorough the midst of them she way did make. The one of ...

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...as so excited by the appetising smell of it that I forgot the noise of the beast that had troubled me. After a day of alternate sleep and feeding I wa... ...cean menagerie?” said I. “Looks like it,” said Montgomery. “What are these beasts for? Merchandise, curios? Does the captain think he is going to sell... ... continued the captain, “clean, respectable crew.” “You agreed to take the beasts.” “I wish I’ d never set eyes on your infernal island. What the devi... ...” “I wish I’ d never set eyes on your infernal island. What the devil—want beasts for on an island like that? Then, that man of yours—understood he wa... ...I found myself repeating the captain’s question, What did he want with the beasts? Why, too, had he pretended they were not his when I had remarked ab... ...turning to the captain. “Overboard!” said the captain. “This ship aint for beasts and cannibals and worse than beasts, any more. Overboard you go, Mis... ...er, and began to drink. Then I saw it was a man, going on all-fours like a beast. He was clothed in bluish cloth, and was of a copper- coloured hue, w... ...tible suggestion of a hog, a swinish taint, the unmistak- able mark of the beast. I stood overcome by this amazing realisation and then the most horri... ...hat he had stopped and was watching me again. What on earth was he,—man or beast? What did he want with me? I had no weapon, not even a stick. Flight ...

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...out, that he might see no land about him which might relieve him, but wild beasts. And then he went into a valley, and there he saw a young serpent br... ...d then Sir Percivale thought to help the lion, for he was the more natural beast of the two; and therewith he drew his sword, and set his shield afore... ...e made no resemblaunt to fight with him, but made him all the cheer that a beast might make a man. Then Percivale perceived that, and cast down his sh... ...ck and on the shoulders. And then he thanked God of the fellowship of that beast. And about noon the lion took his little whelp and trussed him and ba... ...said he, what would ye that I did? I would, said she, for the amends of my beast that ye become my man. And then he answered: That will I not grant yo... ...ly be shamed, and die in this rock for pure hunger, and be eaten with wild beasts; and ye be a young man and a goodly knight, and I shall help you an ...

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...Servilius? SERVILIUS: Upon my soul,’tis true, sir. LUCILIUS: What a wicked beast was I to disfurnish myself against such a good time, when I might ... ... of honored! Servilius, now, before the gods, I am not able to do,—the more beast, I say:— I was sending to use Lord Timon myself, these gentle men... ...r prisoner: If there were no foes, that were enough To overcome him: in that beastly fury He has been known to commit outrages, And cherish factions: ... ...nds, time’s flies, Cap and knee slaves, vapors, and minute jacks! Of man and beast the infinite malady Crust you quite o’er! What, dost thou go? Soft!... ...multiplying bans! Timon will to the woods; where he shall find The unkindest beast more kinder than mankind. The gods confound—hear me, you good gods ... ... PHRYNIA and TIMANDRA .] ALCIBIADES: What art thou there? speak. TIMON: A beast, as thou art. The canker gnaw thy heart, For showing me again the e... ...o with the world, Apemantus, if it lay in thy power? APEMANTUS: Give it the beasts, to be rid of the men. TIMON: Wouldst thou have thyself fall in t... ...he confu Timon of Athens – Act IV, scene iii 57 sion of men, and remain a beast with the beasts? APEMANTUS: Ay, Timon. TIMON: A beastly ambition... ...rors on thy life: all thy safety were remotion and thy defence absence. What beast couldst thou be, that were not subject to a beast? and what a beast...

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...ive, And gives his light, and gives his heat away; And flowers and trees and beasts and men recieve Comfort in morning, joy in the noonday. “And we ar... ... Sleeping Lyca lay While the beasts of prey, Come from caverns deep, ... ...ry thoughtless nest, Where birds are cover’d warm; They visit caves of every beast, To keep them all from harm; If they see any weeping That should ha...

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...ight change in order that she should not be fatigued by the fatigue of her beast, and two for their luggage. The portion of their baggage had already ... ... he said in Spanish, laying his hand on the cord which was fastened to the beast’s head; 10 Returning Home and not for one moment did he leave his ch... ...es do not get themselves jammed against the trees; but at ev- ery step the beast he rides has to drag his legs out from the deep clinging mud, and the... ...was gained by them from beautiful scenery, nor was there any fear from the beasts of prey. The immediate pain of each step of the journey drove all ot... ...r knees and feet, though there was hardly room for him to move between the beast and the bank against which he was thrust. And then, at last, that day... ... she allowed herself to be put upon the mule, but after the first hour the beasts were stopped and she was taken off it. During that hour they had tra... ... left her, they erected a pallisade of timber round the grave, so that the beasts of the forest should not tear the body from its resting-place. When ...

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...in exact proportion to the state; Nothing to add, and nothing to abate. Each beast, each insect, happy in its own: Is Heav’n unkind to man, and man al... ... chain of being! which from God began, Natures aethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from ... ... hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Essay on Man by Alexander Po... ...ding, all–preserving soul Connects each being, greatest with the least; Made beast in aid of man, and man of beast; All serv’d, all serving: nothing s... ...awk when Philomela sings? Man cares for all: to birds he gives his woods, To beasts his pastures, and to fish his floods; For some his int’rest prompt... ... the fierce embrace; They love themselves, a third time, in their race. Thus beast and bird their common charge attend The mothers nurse it, and the s... ...and of man. Pride then was not; nor arts, that pride to aid; Man walk’d with beast, joint tenant of the shade, The same his table, and the same his be... ...ions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Essay on Man by Alexander Pope 24 Thy a... ...n proportion as it blesses blest; Draw to one point, and to one centre bring Beast, man, or angel, servant, lord, or king. For forms of government let...

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... Seruil. Vpon my soule ’tis true Sir. 1025 Luci. What a wicked Beast was I to disfurnish my 1026 self against such a good time, when I... ...ur? Seruilius, now before the Gods I am 1030 not able to do (the more beast I say) I was sending to vse 1031 Lord Timon my selfe, these Gent... ... If there were no Foes, that were enough 1330 To ouercome him. In that Beastly furie, 1331 He has bin knowne to commit outrages, 1332 And ... ...7 Cap and knee- Slaues, vapours, and Minute Iackes. 1478 Of Man and Beast, the infinite Maladie 1479 Crust you quite o’re. What do’st thou ... ...38 Timon will to the Woods, where he shall finde 1539 Th’ vnkindest Beast, more kinder then Mankinde. 1540 The Gods confound (heare me you ... ...mandra. 1654 Alc. What art thou there? speake. 1655 Tim. A Beast as thou art. The Canker gnaw thy hart 1656 For shewing me againe ... ...A-pemantus, 1951 if it lay in thy power? 1952 Ape. Giue it the Beasts, to be rid of the men. 1953 Tim. Would’st thou haue thy self... ... thou haue thy selfe fall in the confu-sion 1954 of men, and remaine a Beast with the Beasts. 1955 Ape. I Timon. 1956 Tim. A beas... ...ife. All thy safety were remotion, and thy defence ab-sence. 1972 What Beast could’st thou bee, that were not sub-iect 1973 to a Beast: and wh...

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...he jew els in the world.” 8 Aesop’s Fables THE K INGDOM OF THE L ION THE BEASTS of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither w... ...ign he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts, and drew up conditions for a universal league, in which the Wolf ... ...aid: “See there! How strong we are, and how we prevail over even the king of beasts.” The Lion replied: “This statue was made by one of you men. If we... ...ded to be sick, taking care that his sickness should be publicly known. The beasts expressed their sorrow, and came one by one to his den, where the ... ... came one by one to his den, where the Lion devoured them. After many of the beasts had thus disappeared, the Fox discovered the trick and presenting ... ... that useless little Lapdog!” THE L IONESS A CONTROVERSY prevailed among the beasts of the field as to which of the animals deserved the most credit f... ...ables THE F OX AND THE M ONKEY A MONKEY once danced in an assembly of the Beasts, and so pleased them all by his performance that they elected him ... ...O Monkey, and are you, with such a mind as yours, going to be King over the Beasts?” The Horse and His Rider A HORSE SOLDIER took the utmost pains wi... ...op’s Fables Jupiter and the Monkey JUPITER ISSUED a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest and promised a royal reward to the one whose off sp...

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...a babe in her arms, and he didn’t want any encumbrances to her driving his beasts home for him.’ ‘Beast himself!’ said Una, and kicked her bare heel o... ... methinks your realm’ small, and therefore likely to be coveted by man and beast. For Is example’ —she pointed to Middenboro— ‘yon- der old horse, wit... ...said Puck, leaning over. ‘How truly you shape it!’ ‘Yes, but what does The Beast care for a brittle flint tip? Bah!’ The man flicked something contemp... ...e does it because one always did it; but when it comes to dealing with The Beast—no good!’ He shook his shaggy head. ‘The Beast was dealt with long ag... ...the Chalk now all day through and go home safe.’ ‘Can they? Well, call The Beast by his T rue Name, and I’ll believe it,’ the man replied. ‘Surely!’ P... ...ulder to elbow with horrible white dimples. ‘I see,’ said Puck. ‘It is The Beast’s mark. What did you use against him?’ ‘Hand, hammer, and spear, as o... ...hat when I bought the Magic Knife for my people. it was not right that The Beast should master man. What else could I have done?’ ‘I hear. I know. I l... ... said Puck. ‘When I was old enough to take my place in the Sheepguard, The Beast gnawed all our country like a bone between his teeth. He came in behi... ...k, back came the Curse of the Chalk, Grey Shepherd, Feet-in- the-Night—The Beast, The Beast, The Beast! ‘He laughed at our little brittle arrows and o...

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...s dazd, Yet kindling rage, her selfe she gathered round, And all attonce her beastly body raizd With doubled forces high aboue the ground: Tho wrappin... ...OF THE FAERIE QVEENE And after him she rode with so much speede As her slow beast could make; but all in vaine: For him so far had borne his light fo... ...ideous, Then womans shape man would beleeue to bee. Thensforth from her most beastly companie I gan refraine, in minde to slip away, Soone as appeard ... ...vnto her brought. One day nigh wearie of the yrkesome way, From her vnhastie beast she did alight, And on the grasse her daintie limbes did lay In sec... ...on, And drizling teares did shed for pure affection. The Lyon Lord of euerie beast in field, Quoth she, his princely puissance doth abate, And mightie... ...from the neighbour wood; And sad to see her sorrowfull constraint The kingly beast vpon her gazing stood; With pittie calmd, downe fell his angry mood... ...open breakes the dore in furious wize, And entring is; when that disdainfull beast Encountring fierce, him suddaine doth surprize, And seizing cruell ... ...E OF THE FAERIE QVEENE O then too weake and feeble was the forse Of saluage beast, his puissance to withstand: For he was strong, and of so mightie c... ...with flowing teares: But he enrag’d with rancor, nothing heares. Her seruile beast yet would not leaue her so, But followes her farre off, ne ought he...

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...s paws as big as a post; he was rugged looking roughly, he was the foulest beast that ever man saw, he roared and romed so hideously that it were marv... ...eremond, and the Captain of Cardiff with other, and bring with you all the beasts that ye there can get. And anon these knights made them ready, and r... ...u ye shall find in yonder woods many perilous knights; they will put forth beasts to call you on, they be out of number, and ye are not past seven hun... ...ictory. CHAPTER XI How the Saracens came out of a wood for to rescue their beasts, and of a great battle. T hen Sir Florence called to him Sir Florida... ... to him Sir Floridas, with an hundred knights, and drove forth the herd of beasts. Then followed him seven hundred men of arms; and Sir Ferant of Spai...