. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. that interest .? How can we give a general idea of the lives of the chief domestic animals to those who cannot, or will not, have all the sj^ecies con- stantly about them, and )'et desire to know as much as possible on the subject without being obliged to consult a scientific library ? We believe we shall attain this end, in the first in- stance, b)' photograph\-, which alone can reproduce with per- fect accuracy the acts and mo- tions of animals
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. that interest .? How can we give a general idea of the lives of the chief domestic animals to those who cannot, or will not, have all the sj^ecies con- stantly about them, and )'et desire to know as much as possible on the subject without being obliged to consult a scientific library ? We believe we shall attain this end, in the first in- stance, b)' photograph\-, which alone can reproduce with per- fect accuracy the acts and mo- tions of animals. This work has been undertaken on the express condition that the ]iliotographs shall be taken from life, and as recently as possible. Numerous photographers from all parts of Europe and America, some of them of great experience, have well fulfilled their extremely difficult task (the reproduction of animals being one of the most troublesome jiroblcms of their art), and have sent us an ample and striking collection of portraits of animal life. All that was needed, in addition, was descrip- tion— description that should not weary, but give relaxation — and a succinct treatment of topics which, from a zoological point of view, might have required more attention and also more space. The origin of the various species, the study of propagation, the question of the play of color, the numerous anatf)mical subdi- visions, are merely indicated in the following pages. The inquiring reader may consult learned books and place them beside the present vol- ume, which treats of the same matters in an absolutely popular way. The choice of domestic animals and their classification was not easy to make. \\Tat to us is a domestic animal is generall)- so elsewhere; )et the line is sometimes difficult to draw. The dog, the first beast ever tamed, has the most ancient claims, if by "domestic animals'' we mean particularly those that have been completely tamed. The cat incontestably holds it
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