August, 1907.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LITERATURE ON THE DANCING MOUSE
CHAPTER I
CHARACTERISTICS, ORIGIN, AND HISTORY
Peculiarities of the dancing mouse—Markings and method of keeping record of individuals—The dancer in China and Japan (Kishi, Mitsukuri, Hatai)— Theories concerning the origin of the race: selectional breeding; the inheritance of an acquired character; mutation, inheritance, and selectional breeding; pathological changes; natural selection—Instances of the occurrence of dancers among other kinds of mice—Results of crossing dancer with other kinds of mice.
CHAPTER II
FEEDING, BREEDING, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG
Methods of keeping and caring for dancers—Cages, nest-boxes, and materials for nest—Cleansing cages—Food supply and feeding—Importance of cleanliness, warmth, and pure food—Relations of males and females, fighting—The young, number in a litter—Care of young—Course of development—Comparison of young of dancer with young of common mouse— Diary account of the course of development of a typical litter of dancers.