The Beasts of Tarzan Book

"Tantor," he said, "it is good to be alive. It is good to lie in the cool shadows. It is good to look upon the green trees and the bright colors of the flowers"

Jungle Tales of Tarzan, the sixth of the series, takes you back to his childhood days, and describes some of the experiences he had before encountering Jane and others.

This explains how and why Tarzan came by certain skills, beliefs and practices. In my opinion, book adds a nice variety to the usual concentrated plots which the books had up to this point by providing a series of small tales. In comparison to the last book,

"Real an apparent dangers are less disconcerting than those which we imagine."

"Thus may peace and prosperity undermine the safety of the most primitive community even as it does that of the most cultured."

"but to Tibo she was mamma, the personification of that one great love which knows no selfishness and which does not consume itself in its own fires."

"but of such things apes do not speak - their vocabulary, for the finer instincts, consisting more of action than words."