A Book of Birds and Beasts; or, The Law of Kindness

174 pp. Color frontispiece and plates by various artists. A collection of short stories featuring animal protagonists, by various authors. Includes: A Struggle for Life; The Story of Naughty Punch; The Picnic; The Rescue; Little Lady Lovingheart and the Hungry Doe; Nora's Visit to the Sheepfold; The Half-Term Holiday; Billy and Caesar; or, Elsa's Pets; A Temperance Dog; The Happy Family; Cats and Kittens; Frolic; That Dreadful Dog; Captive Songsters; Alice in Animal Land; Robinson Crusoe's Friends; Tom, the Boy Sweep, and the Water Animals; Hiawatha's Chickens; Peggy and Prince; The Wagoner's Team; Elsie's Goldfish; Nell and Her Dogs; The Little Hen-Wife; Animals of the Desert; Animals of the Mountains; Father Stork; Ada and Her Pet Fawn; Our Pets; Rabbits; Flot's Story of His Earliest Days; Poor Firefly.