The Animal Story Book

Abstract

Contains 65 stories about animals. Some of them are simple accounts of how animals live in the wild. Others are stories about pets, or remarkable wild animals, or about hunting expeditions. Many are taken from Alexandre Dumas. Illustrated by H.J. Ford. Conatins: "'Tom': an Adventure in the Life of a Bear in Paris" "Saï the Panther" "The Buzzard and the Priest" "Cowper and his Hares" "A Rat Tale" "Snake Stories" "What Elephants can Do" "The Dog of Montargis" "How a Beaver builds his House" "The War Horse of Alexander" "Stories about Bears" "Stories about Ants" "The Taming of an Otter" "The Story of Androcles and the Lion" "Monsieur Dumas and his Beasts" "The Adventures of Pyramus" "The Story of a Weasel" "Stories about Wolves" "Two Highland Dogs" "Monkey Tricks and Sally at the Zoo" "How the Cayman was killed" "The Story of Fido" "Beasts Besieged" "Mr. Gully" "Stories from Pliny" "The Strange History of Cagnotte" "Still Waters Run Deep; or, the Dancing Dog" "Theo and his Horses: Jane, Betsy, and Blanche" "Madame Théophile and the Parrot" "The Battle of the Mullets and the Dolphins" "Monkey Stories" "Eccentric Bird Builders" "The Ship of the Desert"