CONTENTS

PART I
Puppyhood
TITLEAUTHORPAGE
We Meet at MornHardwicke Drummond Rawnsley[3]
The Lost PuppyHenry Firth Wood[5]
A Laugh in ChurchAnonymous[8]
TreasuresAnonymous[10]
That There Long DogAlice Gill Ferguson[11]
My FriendAnonymous[12]
TedMaxine Anna Buck[14]
Little Lost PupAnonymous[16]
My Brindle Bull-TerrierColetta Ryan[18]
LauthRobert Burns[20]
The Drowned SpanielCharles Tennyson Turner[21]
PART II
The Human Relationship
ClunyWilliam Croswell Doane[25]
The Best FriendMeribah Abbott[26]
My Dog and IAlice J. Chester[27]
My GentlemanAnonymous[29]
The Dead Boy's Portrait and His DogGerald Massey[31]
Advice to a Dog PainterJonathan Swift[33]
Mercy's RewardSir Edwin Arnold[34]
Beau and the Water LilyWilliam Cowper[37]
PetroniusFrederic P. Ladd[39]
My DogJoseph M. Anderson[40]
Charity's EyeWilliam Rounseville Alger[42]
To BlancoJ.G. Holland[44]
The Ould HoundArthur Stringer[46]
The Miser's Only FriendGeorge Crabbe[48]
Poor Dog TrayThomas Campbell[51]
My ComforterAnonymous[53]
The Little White DogMay Ellis Nichols[54]
The Irish GreyhoundKatherine Phillips[55]
The VagabondsJ.T. Trowbridge[57]
In CineamSir John Davies[62]
Old Matthew's DogAnonymous[63]
A Dog and a ManAnonymous[67]
Rover-DogMarie Louise Tompkins[68]
Horse, Dog and ManS.E. Kiser[70]
The Best DogAnonymous[73]
Cæsar, King Edward's DogO. Middleton[75]
Just Our DogAnonymous[76]
Ragged RoverLeslie Clare Manchester[78]
To Flush, My DogElizabeth Barrett Browning[80]
FrancesRichard Wightman[86]
To My Setter, ScoutFrank H. Selden[88]
Why Strik'st Thou Me?Nathan Haskell Dole (Translator)[90]
ConsolationHoward C. Kegley[92]
ArgusAlexander Pope[93]
Chained in the YardAnonymous[94]
Why the Dog's Nose is ColdMargaret Eytinge[95]
Dog LanguageMarion Hovey Briggs[97]
A Dog's LoyaltyAnonymous[98]
PART III
The Dog in Action
Told to the MissionaryGeorge R. Sims[101]
The Dog of the LouvreRalph Cecil[106]
The ChaseLord Somerville[109]
The Under DogAnonymous[111]
The Shepherd and His DogWilliam Lisle Bowles[112]
Beth GelertWilliam Robert Spencer[113]
The Flag and the FaithfulWilliam J. Lampton[117]
A Guardian at the GateJohn Clare[118]
A Tale of the Reign of TerrorCaroline Bowles Southey[119]
An Elegy on the Death of a Mad DogOliver Goldsmith[126]
The Fusiliers' DogFrancis Doyle[128]
FidelityWilliam Wordsworth[131]
The Shepherd Dog of the PyreneesEllen Murray[134]
The Dog Under the WagonAnonymous[137]
Sal's Towser and My TrouserAnonymous[139]
Rover in ChurchJames Buckham[141]
PART IV
The Dog's Hereafter
BillyLorenzo Sears[145]
The BondGeorge H. Nettle[147]
To a DogAnonymous[148]
Canine ImmortalityRobert Southey[150]
A Friendly WelcomeLord Byron[152]
Exemplary NickSydney Smith[153]
The DifferenceAnonymous[154]
LaddieKatherine Lee Bates[155]
A Dog's EpitaphLord Byron[157]
The Passing of a DogAnonymous[159]
My DogAnonymous[160]
JackH.P.W.[161]
In Memory of "Don"M.S.W.[162]
Roderick DhuHelen Fitzgerald Sanders[164]
QuestionsWilliam Hurrell Mallock[166]
His EpitaphWilliam Watson[167]
In MemoriamHenry Willett[168]
QuestionsOliver Wendell Holmes[170]
Our Dog JockJames Payn[171]
Tory, a PuppyMortimer Collins[172]
On an Irish RetrieverFanny Kemble Butler[173]
A Retriever's EpitaphRobert C. Lehmann[174]