J. St. LOE STRACHEY

NEW YORK: MACMILLAN AND CO.
MDCCCXCV

"Sir, to leave things out of a book, merely because people tell you they will not be believed, is meanness."

(Dr. Johnson.)

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CONTENTS.

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INTRODUCTION[7]
SYLLOGISTIC DOGS[15]
THE REASONING POWER OF DOGS[49]
EMOTION AND SENTIMENT IN DOGS[99]
DOGS AND THE ARTS[119]
DOG FRIENDSHIPS[131]
CURIOUS HABITS OF DOGS[155]
THE SENSE OF HUMOUR AND CUNNING IN DOGS[165]
USEFUL DOGS[177]
MISCELLANEOUS[193]


INTRODUCTION.