. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. Our subject is inexhaustible. From the boy who believes that his dog knows as much as he to the scientist who demonstrates to his satisfaction b}- laborator)" experiments that animals are but creatures of habit and not of rea- son, all the world is interested in the animals of the liome. Their presence seems to be necessary t(j complete the family circle. What touching tales we read of the fidelity of dogs ! Who has never amused himself by p
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. Our subject is inexhaustible. From the boy who believes that his dog knows as much as he to the scientist who demonstrates to his satisfaction b}- laborator)" experiments that animals are but creatures of habit and not of rea- son, all the world is interested in the animals of the liome. Their presence seems to be necessary t(j complete the family circle. What touching tales we read of the fidelity of dogs ! Who has never amused himself by pla3-ing with kittens, whose gracious little ways are equal to their graceful- ness .'' Who does not remember the anguish of heart when liis pet lamb of cliildhood was laid away in the garden The numerous photographs that illustrate gra\"e, or when the pet of any kind, whose last Our Dovicstic AiiiiiiaLs will cast light on the da\-s had come, was returned to the earth for descriptions in the text, and we have stri\-en burial and repose ? to make the st}'le of the volume agreeable and. These things indi- above all, anecdotical. It is by stories and [lic- cate the affection which tures that we teach children the principal things man has for domestic of life ; it is equalh' b\' stories and pictures that we now desire In create a love for the animals who share our lot, and for those whose fatal destin\- it is to feed us. Scientific men ha\-e concerned them- seb'es seriousl)' (though relativel)' onl\' of late) with most of the domestic animals in a manner that promises the speedy solu- tion of man)' problems. Designers ha\'e cleverl)', though less seriously, represented these animals, while painters ha\'e tried to reproduce them, as far as brush and palette would allow, — more particularh' horses, d(")gs, and cats, — in all their mani- fold \'ariety of form and C(.)lor. Sculptors and poets liave immortalized them in many a masterpiece, and the)' serve as models of desig
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