‘Djijam’ is by his master.

‘The Starling of Segringen’ and ‘Grateful Dogs’ are by Mr. Bartells.

‘Tom the Bear,’ ‘The Frog,’ ‘Jacko the Monkey’ and ‘Gazelle’ are from Dumas by Miss Blackley.

All the rest are by Mrs. Lang.

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CONTENTS

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‘Tom’: an Adventure in the Life of a Bear in Paris[1]
Saï the Panther[14]
The Buzzard and the Priest[25]
Cowper and his Hares[30]
A Rat Tale[34]
Snake Stories[43]
What Elephants can Do[50]
The Dog of Montargis[56]
How a Beaver builds his House[64]
The War Horse of Alexander[68]
Stories about Bears[71]
Stories about Ants[82]
The Taming of an Otter[88]
The Story of Androcles and the Lion[91]
Monsieur Dumas and his Beasts[99]
The Adventures of Pyramus[154]
The Story of a Weasel[160]
Stories about Wolves[163]
Two Highland Dogs[174]
Monkey Tricks and Sally at the Zoo[191]
How the Cayman was killed[194]
The Story of Fido[200]
Beasts Besieged[205]
Mr. Gully[209]
Stories from Pliny[213]
The Strange History of Cagnotte[215]
Still Waters Run Deep; or, the Dancing Dog[219]
Theo and his Horses: Jane, Betsy, and Blanche[225]
Madame Théophile and the Parrot[231]
The Battle of the Mullets and the Dolphins[233]
Monkey Stories[237]
Eccentric Bird Builders[245]
The Ship of the Desert[248]
Hame, hame, hame, where I fain wad be[253]
Nests for Dinner[257]
Fire-eating Djijam[259]
The Story of the Dog Oscar[264]
Dolphins at Play[274]
The Starling of Segringen[278]
Grateful Dogs[280]
Gazelle[282]
Cockatoo Stories[289]
The Otter who was reared by a Cat[292]
Stories about Lions[295]
Builders and Weavers[307]
More Faithful than Favoured[310]
Dolphins, Turtles, and Cod[316]
More about Elephants[321]
Bungey[329]
Lions and their Ways[333]
The History of Jacko I.[338]
Signora and Lori[348]
Of the Linnet, Popinjay, or Parrot, and other Birds that can Speak[351]
Patch and the Chickens[354]
The Fierce Falcon[356]
Mr. Bolt, the Scotch Terrier[360]
A Raven’s Funeral[364]
A Strange Tiger[368]
Halcyons and their Biographers[373]
The Story of a Frog[375]
The Woodpecker Tapping on the Hollow Oak Tree[384]
Dogs Over the Water[387]
The Capocier and his Mate[394]
Owls and Marmots[396]
Eagles’ Nests[399]

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