Public and Private Life of Animals / Adapted from the French of Balzac, Droz, Jules Janin, E. Lemoine, A. De Musset, Georges Sand, &c.

by Unknown

With Illustrations.

LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET.
1877.
[All rights reserved.]

CONTENTS.

• PART I.
  • Introduction—
    • International Congress of Animals • [1]
    • Resumé of Proceedings • [4]
  • History of a Hare • [13]
  • The Flight of a Parisian Bird in Search of Better Government • [35]
  • Life and Philosophical Opinions of a Penguin • [56]
  • The Last Words of an Ephemera • [75]
  • The Sorrows of an Old Toad • [77]
  • The Theatrical Critic • [88]
  • The Philosophic Rat • [98]
  • The Sufferings of a Beetle • [108]
  • A Fox in a Trap • [126]
  • Text-book for the Guidance of Animals Studying for Honours • [138]
  • The Inconsistencies of a Greyhound • [149]
  • Topaz the Portrait-painter • [162]
  • Journey of an African Lion to Paris • [175]
  • Adventures of a Butterfly • [188]
  • The Misfortunes of a Crocodile • [200]
  • The Funeral Oration of a Silkworm • [206]
• PART II.
  • Daily Bulletin of Events • [213]
  • History of a White Blackbird • [239]
  • The Queen’s Husband • [262]
  • The Loves of Two Insects • [268]
  • The Love Adventures of a French Cat • [282]
  • Celebrated Trials • [296]
  • The Bear; or, a Letter from the Mountains • [309]
  • The Seventh Heaven • [318]
  • Letters from a Swallow to a Canary • [327]
  • Medical Animals • [344]
  • The Giraffe’s Tablets • [353]
  • The Croakings of a Crow • [361]
  • Souvenirs of an Old Rook—
  • Summary • [367]
    • An Old Castle • [371]
    • The Duke and Duchess • [373]
    • An Old Falcon • [375]
    • What Animates the Heart of a Chameleon • [377]
    • History of the Hosts of the Terrace • [380]
  • Last Chapter • [384]

INTRODUCTION.