This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...that the dog had been seen swimming down the canal. 'The man Wright was put to great inconvenience, as he was obliged to do the dog's duty himself. When he arrived at Blackrigg, he found the dog waiting to receive him, having been at home for some time.' It was a very clever feat for the dog, but the animal received a severe and deserved punishment for deserting his duty. As his wife told my informant, 'he was awfu' angry wi' the dowg.' Here is a still more remarkable example: --'When, in 1866, my niece, Miss Janet S. H g, was at the boarding school of Miss H, Avenue de Neuilly, she had lessons in painting from M. H n. At the beginning of the session he told my niece a few anecdotes about his little Scotch terrier called "Medore." 'He was obliged to leave Paris for a time, and, not being able to take the dog with him, left it in charge of a friend. By some curious chance the friend was called suddenly to St. Petersburg, and, not knowing what to do with the little creature, took it with him. Both man and dog reached St. Petersburg safely; but shortly after their arrival the dog was lost, and, though every effort was made to recover it, M. H n's friend was obliged to write and say that Medore was hopelessly lost. 'About the end of May, some months after the letter had been received, M. H n came as usual to give his lesson. He seemed in great grief, and in broken accents asked to be excused from giving the lesson, as he was quite incapable of it. "My poor little dog! my poor little dog!" was all that he could say for some time. At last, being encouraged by his pupil's sympathy, he told her the whole story. 'For some time a miserable, half-starved dog, covered with scars and bruises, had persisted in scraping at his door; and the servant, bei...