Animal Books
First among the animal books are Mr. Kipling's two Jungle Books. Two other beast stories by Mr. Kipling are "Moti Guj, Mutineer," the tale of a truant elephant, which is in Life's Handicap and "The Maltese Cat," a splendid tale of a polo pony, which is in The Day's Work. Next to these comes Mr. E. Thompson-Seton's Wild Animals I Have Known. The lives of animals by themselves, or by some one who knows everything about them, are always favorite books with small readers. Among the best are these:—
| Black Beauty (the story of a horse) | By | Mrs. Sewell. |
| Conrad the Squirrel | " | the author of Wandering Willie. |
| The Story of the Red Deer | " | J. W. Fortescue. |
| Every Inch a King (the story of a dog) | " | Anon. |
| The Lives of the Hunted | " | E. Thompson-Seton. |
| The Trail of the Sandhill Stag | " | " |
| The Adventures of a Siberian Cub | " | Leon Golschmann. |
| The Autobiography of a Grizzly. | " | E. Thompson-Seton. |
The best tale of a bear is perhaps Bret Harte's "Baby Sylvester," which will be found in one of his volumes of short stories. Good animal stories are scattered about other collections of short stories. In Mr. Anstey's Paleface and Redskin are stories of dogs.
Mr. Lang's
Red Book of Animal Stories
has both dogs and cats in it, and many other creatures too. Here also should be placed Mr. Warde Fowler's
Tales of the Birds.
Other very popular animal books are Mr. Joel Chandler Harris's
Nights with Uncle Remus,
Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit (largely illustrations),
Mr. Rabbit at Home,