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OUR FRIEND THE DOG BY MAURICE MAETERLINCK Author of "THE LIFE OF THE BEE," etc. Translated by ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTTOS Illustrated by CECIL ALDEN NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY 1913 |
Copyright, 1903, by
The Century Co.
Copyright, 1904, by
Dodd, Mead & Company
Published, October, 1913
OUR FRIEND THE DOG
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I have lost, within these last few days, a little bull-dog. He had just completed the sixth month of his brief existence. He had no history. His intelligent eyes opened to look out upon the world, to love mankind, then closed again on the cruel secrets of death.