The New Book of the Dog: A Comprehensive Natural History of British Dogs and Their Foreign Relatives, With Chapters on Law, Breeding, Kennel Management, and Veterinary Treatment (Classic Reprint)

PREFACE. rI'HIS work is produced with the design of prQyisling accurale and aulhoritative information. concerning the natura.l hlsto1."Y of the. var~oll~ canine bn~cds, and my alln ha~ becn to present the lniorma tlon III popular form and in orderly sequcnce, adequately illustratcd with portraits of typical cxamplc~ of all the known varieties of the dorn(!~ticated dog, Rri tish and forcign. Til. an a~~~tal1t in thc pursuit of game. as the ohjecl of a plea::urable hobby. and as Cl faithfnl companion, has never becn so great as it is at the prcscnt period. }Tore dogs arc kept in this country than cvcr therc formcrly werc, and they arc more skilfully bred, more kindly trcated, and cared for wi th a morc solici t.ous pride than was lhe case in carlier gcncrations. It "oulcl be !linleult in the absence of statistics to estinmle with precision the number of dogs kcpt in thc British Isles; but lhe Inland Revenlte return for licences in 190~7 f

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CONTENTS; I''''GE; ABC GUIDE TO CiI·l~F A1DIE~TS, By W (;OkDm; STABLES, )ID, C)I, RI' 51)4; AIREDALE TERRTE:R, THE Ih' WALTEI< S ClYl{K; Al{CTIC A~D OTHF:R DRAUGHT DO(;S B'{ THE El'ITQI(; A1JSTRM:SL, DOGS OF p,y THE EIIIT!)II; HAS SET-HOUND, 'fHE Ih- MRS C C ELLIs; BE,GLE, TIlE 13y C S LOWE; 13EDLlXCTO" TERl{IER, THE 1' HAROln WAR~£5; RTACl'-A1'D-T:l': TERRIER 'JIIE Ih P C H'''~I:TT '; 15L~CI,A~D,TAK TERRIEI{, THE MJi'LTURE By F C H(CNnT; DLOODHm::-;O, THE ]~" HOWARD HA:--DLEY SPICER; BOHZOI, THE Hy 1I~J()I! S 1' RUI("A~; 1I0STO' TEl{1{IER, THE By THE FOITOR; IOt;U-:OOCUL FRA-C;AIS }h F W Cm:S'::X5, MRCVS, FZS ; BREEDING :,;D WHELl'IlG B- TIll; rrHTOI!; BRUSSELS GR[fFO~, THL lly MRS If 11~oLcy SI'ICl:I!; Bl:UDOr;, THE 1)y W J Sn:B3,;; 1I1:LLDOr;, THE 'll~IATLlRE By TH: Loy K,TIIU:,EX 1'llh'l;vTU"; BI;LL,TERRIER, THE By THE EnlTOK ; 355; 4iO; 334; 33; nClI-TERRIF:T