Edited by Andrew Lang, this book is an anthology of interesting stories about a wide variety of diffferent animals collected from numerous sources. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn
Chapters (66)
1‘Tom’ an Adventure in the Life of a Bear In Paris by Alexandre Dumas; translated by Miss Blackley
1117
2Sai the Panther by John Claudius Loudon
710
3The Buzzard and the Priest by William Bingley
447
4Cowper and His Hares by William Bingley
395
5A Rat Tale by Miss Evelyn Grieve
762
6Snake Stories by Mrs. Lang
609
7What Elephants Can Do by Mrs. Lang
500
8The Dog of Montargis by Miss Eleanor Sellar
594
9How a Beaver Builds a House by William Bingley
545
10The War Horse of Alexander by Plutarch
337
11Stories About Bears by Mrs. Lang
1010
12Stories About Ants by Mrs. Lang
801
13The Taming of an Otter by William Bingley
367
14The Story of Androcles and the Lion by Miss Eleanor Sellar
525
15Monsieur Dumas and His Beasts (Chapters 1-3) by Mrs. Lang
1853
16Monsieur Dumas and His Beasts (Chapters 4-6) by Mrs. Lang
2024
17Monsieur Dumas and His Beasts (Chapters 7-9) by Mrs. Lang
1847
18The Adventures of Pyramus by Mrs. Lang
735
19The Story of a Weasel by William Bingley
292
20Stories About Wolves by Mrs. Lang
1005
21Two Highland Dogs by Miss Goodrich Freer
1973
22Monkey Tricks and Sally at the Zoo
318
23How the Cayman Was Killed by Charles Waterton
452
24The Story of Fido by Miss A. M. Alleyne
322
25Beasts Besieged by Théophile Gautier
328
26Mr. Gully by Miss Elspeth Campbell
434
27Stories from Pliny: How Dogs Love by Pliny
213
28The Strange History of Cagnotte by Théophile Gautier
367
29Still Waters Run Deep; Or the Dancing Dog by Théophile Gautier
562
30Theo and His Horses; Jane, Betsy, and Blanche by Théophile Gautier
591
31Madame Théophile and the Parrot by Théophile Gautier
272
32The Battle of the Mullets and the Dolphins by Mrs. Lang
346
33Monkey Stories by Mrs. Lang
775
34Eccentric Bird Builders by Mr. Jones
334
35The Ship of the Desert by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
624
36‘Hame, Hame, Hame, Where I Fain Wad Be' by Mrs. Lang
449
37Nests for Dinner by Mrs. Lang
196
38Fire-eating Djijam
350
39The Story of the Dog Oscar by Miss A. M. Alleyne
738
40Dolphins at Play by Pliny
157
41The Starling of Segringen by Johann Peter Hebel; translated by Mr. Bartells
201
42Grateful Dogs by Mr. Bartells
200
43A Gazelle: Passages in the Life of a Tortoise by Alexandre Dumas; translated by Miss Blackley
191
44Cockatoo Stories
372
45The Otter Who Was Reared By a Cat
281
46Stories About Lions by Mrs. Lang
1290
47Builders and Weavers by Mrs. Lang
318
48‘More Faithful than Favoured’ by Miss Eleanor Sellar
533
49Dolphins, Turtles, and Cod: Stories from Audubon by Robert Williams Buchanan
579
50More About Elephants by James Emerson Tennent
705
51Bungey by Mr. Jesse
386
52Lions and Their Ways by William Bingley
358
53The History of Jacko I by Alexandre Dumas; translated by Miss Blackley
951
54Signora and Lori
317
55Of the Linnet, Popinjay, or Parrot, and Other Birds That Can Speak by Mrs. Lang
297
56Patch and the Chickens by Miss A. M. Alleyne
165
57The Fierce Falcon by Charles St. John
438
58Mr. Bolt, the Scotch Terrier by Mr. Jesse
537
59A Raven's Funeral by Mrs. Lang
186
60A Strange Tiger by William Bingley
375
61Halcyons and Their Biographers by Mrs. Lang
183
62The Story of a Frog by Miss Blackley
931
63The Woodpecker Tapping on the Hollow Oak Tree by Mrs. Lang
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