Charming Animal Stories—Both Old and New
BLACK BEAUTY
For Third and Fourth Grades. The autobiography of a horse. Black Beauty, in recounting the many incidents of his life, has given us a series of stories full of interest, danger and excitement, through all of which is a pathetic plea for the more considerate treatment of his kind. He tells his story from colthood to old age, and an interesting one it is. In fact, few stories have equaled it.
Over one million copies have been sold. Our edition is the best one on the market to-day for the money. The paper is good, the print large, the binding strong. 214 pages. Price, Cloth, 30 cents. Paper 15 cents.
COLLIERY JIM: The Autobiography of a Mine Mule.
For Fourth and Fifth Grades. By Nora Finch. Hundreds of thousands of “Black Beauty” have been sold, and the amount of good done by the publication of this book is beyond estimate.
Colliery Jim is similar in style and character, but is an account of a mine mule instead of a horse. The style is much the same. It begins with his early life in the West, his purchase, and the sending of him to a coal mine in Pennsylvania. Descriptions are given of the methods of shipping live stock, suggestions made in reference to the same.
Colliery Jim tells about coal mines, of the methods of mining, and all the conditions existing at present.
Miss Finch lives in a part of the coal mining district of Pennsylvania and her work is based on facts. Illustrated. Good type, paper and print. Cloth. 170 pages. Price, 40 cents.
DUKE
For Third and Fourth Grades. This is a sequel to Black Beauty, and like it has met with great popularity. It is the story of Duke, one of the noblest dogs of dog kind. The frolics of Duke and his merry companions are the delight of all children and make a most interesting story. The intelligence of this dog is almost human. His many hairbreadth escapes, his rescues of human life, his noble self-sacrifices, his wonderful adventures, make him the hero of all dogs, and render his life human in everything but speech. 154 pages. Price, Cloth, 30 cents. Paper, 15 cents.
THE STRIKE AT SHANE’S
For Third and Fourth Grades. This is a second sequel to Black Beauty, and is a strong plea for dumb animals. It points a moral that all should read and fully heed.
It illustrates how an avaricious man in his greed for money can be misled into the cruel abuse of dumb animals, how retribution overtakes him in the form of a “strike” among the beasts of burden, how he is finally led to see the error of his way, and how prosperity once more smiles upon him. 96 pages. Price, Cloth, 30 cents. Paper 15 cents.
A. FLANAGAN COMPANY, CHICAGO
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.