Public and Private Life of Animalsby J. Thomson
PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.
EDINBURGH AND LONDON.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
LIFE OF ANIMALS.
ADAPTED FROM THE FRENCH OFBALZAC, DROZ, JULES JANIN, E. LEMOINE, A. DE MUSSET,GEORGES SAND, &c.
BY
J. THOMSON.
With Illustrations.
LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET.
1877.
[All rights reserved.]
CONTENTS.
- PART I.
- Introduction—
- International Congress of Animals • 1
- Resumé of Proceedings • 4
- History of a Hare • 13
- The Flight of a Parisian Bird in Search of Better Government • 35
- Life and Philosophical Opinions of a Penguin • 56
- The Last Words of an Ephemera • 75
- The Sorrows of an Old Toad • 77
- The Theatrical Critic • 88
- The Philosophic Rat • 98
- The Sufferings of a Beetle • 108
- A Fox in a Trap • 126
- Text-book for the Guidance of Animals Studying for Honours • 138
- The Inconsistencies of a Greyhound • 149
- Topaz the Portrait-painter • 162
- Journey
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