Books with title Our devoted friend the dog

This delightful book was published in 1902. If you love dogs, no matter your age, you'll love this book. A 5-Star Review: Reviewer: Rietto - - September 10, 2009 Subject: A look back at the dog and human bond Vintage photos of people with their pet dogs, and anecdotes. .............................................................................. From the book's Preface: In the past two years I have made clippings from a few news- papers how many more thousands could have been obtained showing the devotion, bravery, and intelligence of animals, especially dog and cats. Dogs have saved people from drowning, houses from burning, died of grief for their loved ones, and yet all over the country our laws concerning these faithful creatures are brutal. We tax them out of all proportion to their money value. We let them starve and freeze with no apparent interest, and if homeless, or an unjust tax is not paid, we encourage theft and cruelty by offering twenty-five cents apiece to have them caught on the streets and taken to dog pounds, or we empower police or societies to kill them by poison, or gun, or the fumes of sulphur or gas. Lost creatures, petted and fondles by some child, instead of being buried after death are thrown into garbage wagons, with no thought of tenderness, or decency. We care for idiots and insane and idssolute, and forget creatures of rare intelligence, temperate and trustworthy. We arrogate to ourselves the thought that we alone of all created things have souls, and that we alone can enter heaven. How do we know all this? We cruelly destroy birds by the millions for our personal adorning; we let cats starve on the streets because we do not wish to have any cares; we wantonly hurt and leave dying on the great plains thousands of buffaloes; we kill by savage methods elephants whose intelligence seems sometimes above the human; we are horrified at bullfights, yet we tear deer and foxes and rabbits to pieces with dogs in so-called "sport". Are we forever to go on without mercy for our dumb friends? Sarah K. Bolton .............................................................................. Contents: Devotion of Dogs to Human Beings Dogs Save from Drowning Dogs Save from Fire Dogs Save from Burglars Dogs Save Life Dogs Guard their Dead Gratitude of Dogs Affection of Animals for Each Other Faithfulness of Dogs Dogs' Love of Home Dogs Commit Suicide Intelligence of Dogs Devotion of Human Beings to Animals Hospitals for Dogs Cemeteries for Dogs Homes for Animals Cruel Laws about Dogs How to Care for Animals Our Duty to Animals

Lang:- eng, Pages 539. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back[1902]. This book is in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Customisation is possible). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions.Original Title:- Our devoted friend, the dog 1902 [Hardcover] Author:- Bolton, Mrs. Sarah Knowles,

Excerpt from Our Devoted Friend the DogWe care for idiots and insane and dissolute, and for get creatures of rare intelligence, temperate and trust worthy. We arrogate to ourselves the thought that we alone of all created things have souls, and that we alone can enter heaven. How do we know all this?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Pelléas had a great bulging, powerful forehead, like that of Socrates or Verlaine; and, under a little black nose, blunt as a churlish assent, a pair of large hanging and symmetrical chops, which made his head a sort of massive, obstinate, pensive and three-cornered menace. He was beautiful after the manner of a beautiful, natural monster that has complied strictly with the laws of its species. And what a smile of attentive obligingness, of incorruptible innocence, of affectionate submission, of boundless gratitude and total self-abandonment lit up, at the least caress, that adorable mask of ugliness! Whence exactly did that smile emanate? From the ingenuous and melting eyes? From the ears pricked up to catch the words of man? From the forehead that unwrinkled to appreciate and love, or from the stump of a tail that wriggled at the other end to testify to the intimate and impassioned joy that filled his small being, happy once more to encounter the hand or the glance of the god to whom he surrendered himself?

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"The Devoted Friend" is a short fairy tale written by Oscar Wilde. The tale concerns Big Hugh, the miller, and his best friend Hans. The story is told by a linnet to a water-rat following a conversation about what it means to be a devoted friend. Like many other stories by Wilde, the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen are considered to be the primary literary influences for "The Devoted Friend". The story begins by a pond where a water-rat has just awoken and a mother duck is teaching her ducklings to stand on their heads. The rat observes how incompetent the young ducklings are at the task and remarks that "they really deserved to be drowned". The mother duck responds that parents must be patient, but the water-rat states he knows nothing of love and finds devoted friendship to be far more valuable. Several other creatures begin asking the water-rat what he means by devoted friendship, to which the water-rat replies: "a devoted friend is one that is devoted to him." This inspires a green linnet to tell the water-rat a tale about a devoted friend.

I have lost, within these last few days, a little bull-dog. He had just completed the sixth month of his brief existence. He had no history. His intelligent eyes opened to look out upon the world, to love mankind, then closed again on the cruel secrets of death. The friend who presented me with him had given him, perhaps by antiphrasis, the startling name of Pelléas. Why rechristen him? For how can a poor dog, loving, devoted, faithful, disgrace the name of a man or an imaginary hero? Pelléas had a great bulging, powerful forehead, like that of Socrates or Verlaine; and, under a little black nose, blunt as a churlish assent, a pair of large hanging and symmetrical chops, which made his head a sort of massive, obstinate, pensive and three-cornered menace. He was beautiful after the manner of a beautiful, natural monster that has complied strictly with the laws of its species.