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Title: Dog Stories from the "Spectator"
being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power,
affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the
correspondence columns of "The Spectator"

Author: Various

Editor: J. St. Loe Strachey

Release Date: March 31, 2010 [EBook #31847]

Language: English

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_DOG STORIES._

DOG STORIES

_FROM THE "SPECTATOR"_

BEING ANECDOTES OF THE INTELLIGENCE, REASONING
POWER, AFFECTION AND SYMPATHY OF
DOGS, SELECTED FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE
COLUMNS OF "THE SPECTATOR"

_WITH AN INTRODUCTION_

BY

J. ST. LOE STRACHEY

NEW YORK: MACMILLAN AND CO.
MDCCCXCV

"Sir, to leave things out of a book, merely because people
tell you they will not be believed, is meanness."

(_Dr. Johnson._)

_All rights reserved._

CONTENTS.

PAGE

INTRODUCTION 7

SYLLOGISTIC DOGS 15

THE REASONING POWER OF DOGS 49

EMOTION AND SENTIMENT IN DOGS 99

DOGS AND THE ARTS 119

DOG FRIENDSHIPS 131

CURIOUS HABITS OF DOGS 155

THE SENSE OF HUMOUR AND CUNNING IN DOGS 165

USEFUL DOGS 177

MISCELLANEOUS 193

INTRODUCTION.

I.

The following Dog Stories are taken from the pages of the _Spectator_,
with the permission of the editors and proprietors. It was suggested to
me by Mr. Fisher Unwin that the many strange and pleasant stories of
dog