ANIMAL LIFE READERS
EDITED BY
EDITH CARRINGTON AND ERNEST BELL
WITH PICTURES BY
HARRISON WEIR
AND OTHERS
DICK AND HIS CAT
AND OTHER TALES
DICK AND HIS CAT
AND OTHER TALES
ADAPTED BY
EDITH CARRINGTON
AUTHOR OF "WORKERS WITHOUT WAGE," "A NARROW, NARROW WORLD,"
"A STORY OF WINGS," ETC., ETC.
WITH PICTURES BY F. M. COOPER
LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN
1895
This Series is published by Messrs. Bell for the
Humanitarian League.
CONTENTS.
- PAGE
- Dick and His Cat [1]
- Trusty. By Roger Quiddam [29]
- Out in the Cold. By Roger Quiddam [50]
- The Story of a Fly. By Maria Jacob [67]
- Betty and Snowdrop [106]
PREFACE.
In the Section of the Code for 1894-5, dealing with Reading Books, occur the words "Passages impressing on the children the duty of gentleness and consideration for others, and that of the humane treatment of animals may also be widely introduced."
It is in the hope of encouraging that humane treatment of animals, which in the hands of a sympathetic teacher may so easily and naturally be made the first step towards the "gentleness and consideration for others," that this series has been prepared. It is hoped now that the teaching of humanity has received official recognition, that those who have charge of the young will recognize its importance, and will realise that unless the cultivation of the heart runs pari passu with that of the head, the spread of education may become a curse instead of a blessing.
The Editors are much indebted to the R.S.P.C.C. for permission to reprint "Trusty" and "Out in the Cold."
