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Being the personal histories of Lobo the Wolf, Silverspot the Crow, Raggylug the Rabbit, Bingo my Dog, the Springfield Fox, The Pacing Mustang, Wully the Yaller Dog, and Redruff the Partridge. Here again is revealed that almost uncanny psychological insight into animals' brains that Mr. Seton seems to have - the quality that makes them all so human. "It should be put with Kipling and Hans Christian Anderson as a classic." -The Athenaeum "The book is thoroughly good, both in purpose and execution." -New York Evening Post "One of the most valuable contributions to animal psychology and biography that has yet appeared....A master of a literary style that is at once graphic and fascinating....A book that opens a new field to our vision." -The American Naturalist "Nothing apart from 'The Jungle Book' has ever approached these tales in interest." -New York World "The originality and freshness of these stories is irresistible....In everything he does, Mr. Thompson has a way peculiarly his own....Even if naked and unadorned, the facts he tells us would be very interesting; but when we have the facts and the factors fairly dancing before us, clothed in all the quaint quips and droll persiflage of an accomplished humorist and born storyteller, they are - as I have said - irresistible." -Mr. William T. Hornaday, Director, New York Zoological Park, in Recreation "Surely one of the most fascinating studies of animal life ever given to the world." -London Daily News "Some (nature students) are dryly scientific, some are dull and prosy, some are sentimental, some are sensational, and a few are altogether admirable. Mr. Thompson Seton, as an artist and raconteur, ranks by far the highest in this field." -John Burroughs, Atlantic Monthly "Ernest Thompson Seton's animal stories are always fascinating because his familiarity with the creatures of the wild enables him to let us into the workings of their brains - this animal psychology, so difficult of mastering, which Mr. Seton knows from A to Z. In these tales...one gets vivid insights into the life and habits of our furry friends." -Publishers Weekly "Endears him and his work to the lover of animals and the general reader, keen always for an interesting story." -Wilmington Every Evening "Needs little commendation to those who have read and enjoyed his many stories of wild animal life....It is in the best of our animal stories that in our degenerate days the epic spirit largely survives. And of this, with his great insight and sympathy, Mr. Seton is no mean exponent." -The Cambridge Review "Can hardly fail of a wholesome effect upon the younger generation." -The Dial "The breadth of Mr. Seton's sympathy is the finest charm of his work." -Saturday Evening Post "Sympathetic insight and genuine literary touch. His stories are as truly literature as 'The Jungle Books.'" -Chicago Record-Herald "The charming animal biographies which have made the name Ernest Thompson Seton famous the world over are continued in this volume with all the spirit and truthfulness of their predecessors." -Philadelphia Evening Telegraph

This collection of eight engrossing stories by a noted Canadian naturalist, illustrator, and painter initially appeared to critical and popular acclaim 1898. More than a century later, Seton s masterful blend of scientific observation and romanticism continues to delight readers. Memorable characters include Old Lobo, the leader of a wolfpack; Silverspot, a wise old crow; Raggylug, a young cottontail; Bingo, an errant hound; and four other remarkable creatures. 200 engaging b/w illus. by the author.

First published in 1898, this collection of short stories brings alive the world of naturalist and author Ernest Seton. "Such a collection of histories naturally suggests a common thought—a moral it would have been called in the last century. No doubt each different mind will find a moral to its taste, but I hope some will herein find emphasized a moral as old as Scripture— we and the beasts are kin. Man has nothing that the animals have not at least a vestige of, the animals have nothing that man does not in some degree share." - SetonThis 2020 edition has been formatted and edited for the modern reader. All content is public domain work, simply with updated formatting. All originally artwork has been painstakingly incorporated into the new format.

Wild Animals I Have Known LOBO, The King of Currumpaw I CURRUMPAW is a vast cattle range in northern New Mexico. It is a land of rich pastures and teeming flocks and herds, a land of rolling mesas and precious running waters that at length unite in the Currumpaw River, from which the whole region is named. And the king whose despotic power was felt over its entire extent was an old gray wolf. Old Lobo, or the king, as the Mexicans called him, was the gigantic leader of a remarkable pack of gray wolves, that had ravaged the Currumpaw Valley for a number of years. All the shepherds and ranchmen knew him well, and, wherever he appeared with his trusty band, terror reigned supreme among the cattle, and wrath and despair among their owners. Old Lobo was a giant among wolves, and was cunning and strong in proportion to his size. His voice at night was well-known and easily distinguished from that of any of his fellows. An ordinary wolf might howl half the night about the herdsman's bivouac without attracting more than a passing notice, but when the deep roar of the old king came booming down the canon, the watcher bestirred himself and prepared to learn in the morning that fresh and serious inroads had been made among the herds. Old Lobo's band was but a small one. This I never quite understood, for usually, when a wolf rises to the position and power that he had, he attracts a numerous following. It may be that he had as many as he desired, or perhaps his ferocious temper prevented the increase of his pack. Certain is it that Lobo had only five followers during the latter part of his reign. Each of these, however, was a wolf of renown, most of them were above the ordinary size, one in particular, the second in command, was a veritable giant, but even he w

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"These stories are true. Although I have left the strict line of historical truth in many places, the animals in this book were all real characters. They lived the lives I have depicted, and showed the stamp of heroism and personality more strongly by far than it has been in the power of my pen to tell." (from the author's note) These are the true stories of Lobo the wolf, Silverspot the crow, Raggylug, Bingo, The Springfield Fox, the Pacing Mustang, Wully the Yaller Dog, and Redruff the partridge. All are distinctive, brave, and often doomed. All are animals Seton knew. Many illustrations by the author.

Wild Animals I Have Known By Ernest Thompson Seton An 1898 book by naturalist and author Ernest Thompson Seton. The first entry in a new genre of realistic wild-animal fiction, Seton's first collection of short stories quickly became one of the most popular books of its day. "Lobo the King of Currumpaw", the first story in the collection, was based upon Seton's experience hunting wolves in the southwestern United States. It became a classic, setting the tone for his future works that would similarly depict animals—especially predators who were often demonized in literature—as compassionate, individualistic beings. Several years after its publication, Seton and his works came under fire during the nature fakers controversy, which began in 1903 when naturalist John Burroughs published an essay called "Real and Sham Natural History" in Atlantic Monthly. In particular Burroughs blamed Seton's collection of stories for founding the sentimental animal story genre, which he felt featured fabricated events and wild animal behaviors; he even amended the title of the collection to Wild Animals I Alone Have Known.