Public and Private Life of Animals

P.-J. Stahl

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877 - Animals - 387 pages

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 1
• HISTORY OF A HARE: 13
• THE FLIGHT OF A PARISIAN BIRD IN SEARCH OF BETTER GOVERNMENT: 35
• LIFE AND PHILOSOPHICAL OPINIONS OF A PENGUIN: 56
• THE LAST WORDS OF AN EPHEMERA: 75
• THE THEATRICAL CRITIC: 88
• THE PHILOSOPHIC RAT: 98
• THE SUFFERINGS OF A BEETLE: 108
• A FOX IN A TRAP: 126
• TEXTBOOK FOR THE GUIDANCE OF ANIMALS STUDYING FOR HONOURS: 138
• THE INCONSISTENCIES OF A GREYHOUND: 149
• TOPAZ THE PORTRAITPAINTER: 162
• JOURNEY OF AN AFRICAN LION TO PARIS: 175
• ADVENTURES OF A BUTTERFLY: 188
• THE MISFORTUNES OF A CROCODILE: 200
• THE FUNERAL ORATION OF A SILKWORM: 206
• DAILY BULLETIN OF EVENTS: 219
• HISTORY OF A WHITE BLACKBIRD: 239
• THE QUEENS HUSBAND: 262
• THE LOVES OF TWO INSECTS: 269
• THE LOVE ADVENTURES OF A FRENCH CAT: 282
• CELEBRATED TRIALS: 296
• THE BEAR OR A LETTER FROM THE MOUNTAINS: 309
• THE SEVENTH HEAVEN: 318
• LETTERS FROM A SWALLOW TO A CANARY: 327
• MEDICAL ANIMALS: 344
• THE GIRAFFES TABLETS: 353
• THE CROAKINGS OF A CROW: 361
• SOUVENIRS OF AN OLD ROOK: 367
• LAST CHAPTER: 384

Bibliographic information

• Title: Public and Private Life of Animals
• Author: P.-J. Stahl
• Translated by: J. Gordon Thomson
• Illustrated by: J. J. Grandville, J. Gordon Thomson
• Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1877
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Mar 22, 2011
• Length: 387 pages