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

New York: Sully and Kleinteich. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Maguire, Helena; et al. Spine and top edge of rear board faded, minor wear to corners, ink gift note on front flyleaf, front endpapers faintly foxed. 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. (Inventory #: 2349602)