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Title: A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals

Author: Percy J. Billinghurst

Illustrator: Percy J. Billinghurst

Release Date: January 12, 2008 [EBook #24263]

Language: English

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A HUNDRED ANECDOTES
OF
ANIMALS
WITH PICTURES BY
PERCY J. BILLINGHURST

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A HUNDRED
ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS

[Illustration]

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A HUNDRED ANECDOTES
OF
ANIMALS
WITH PICTURES BY
PERCY J. BILLINGHURST

JOHN LANE
THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON
AND NEW YORK
1901.

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Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
At the Ballantyne Press

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CONTENTS.

Page
A

_Are Beasts mere Machines?_ 76
_Ass Cast Away, An_ 196
_Assisting the Aged_ 144

B

_Bear and Child, The_ 48
_Bear Cubs, The_ 184
_Broken Heart, The_ 62

C

_Calculating Crow, A_ 56
_Canine Sheep-Stealer, A_ 38
_Canine Smugglers_ 36
_Carrier's Dog, A_ 170
_Cat and Crows, The_ 26