A Friendly Rat
Most of our animals, also many creeping things, such as our "wilde wormes in woods," common toads, natter-jacks, newts, and lizards, and stranger still, many insects, have been tamed and kept as pets. Badgers, otters, foxes, hares, and voles are... A Psychical Invasion
I "And what is it makes you think I could be of use in this particular case?" asked Dr. John Silence, looking across somewhat sceptically at the Swedish lady in the chair facing him. "Your sympathetic heart and your knowledge of occultism--" ... Calvin
Calvin is dead. His life, long to him, but short for the rest of us, was not marked by startling adventures, but his character was so uncommon and his qualities were so worthy of imitation, that I have been asked by those who personally knew him t... Dick Baker's Cat
One of my comrades there--another of those victims of eighteen years of unrequited toil and blighted hopes--was one of the gentlest spirits that ever bore its patient cross in a weary exile: grave and simple Dick Baker, pocket-miner of Dead-Horse ... Gipsy
On a fair Saturday afternoon in November Penrod's little old dog Duke returned to the ways of his youth and had trouble with a strange cat on the back porch. This indiscretion, so uncharacteristic, was due to the agitation of a surprised moment, f... Madame Jolicoeur's Cat
Being somewhat of an age, and a widow of dignity--the late Monsieur Jolicoeur has held the responsible position under Government of Ingenieur des Ponts et Chaussees--yet being also of a provocatively fresh plumpness, and a Marseillaise, it was of ... Monty's Friend
The discovery of gold at Thompson's Flat, near the northern boundary of Montana, had been promptly followed by the expected rush of bold and needy adventurers. But disappointment awaited them. Undoubtedly there was gold a few feet below the surfac... The Afflictions Of An English Cat
When the report of your first meeting arrived in London, O! French Animals, it caused the hearts of the friends of Animal Reform to beat faster. In my own humble experience, I have so many proofs of the superiority of Beasts over Man that in my ch... The Black Cat
For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet mad am I not--and very surely do I not drea... The Blue Dryad
"According to that theory"--said a critical friend, a propos of the last story but one--"susceptibility of 'discipline' would be the chief test of animal character, which means that the best dogs get their character from men. If so--" "You pity... The Cat
The snow was falling, and the Cat's fur was stiffly pointed with it, but he was imperturbable. He sat crouched, ready for the death-spring, as he had sat for hours. It was night--but that made no difference--all times were as one to the Cat when h... The Queen's Cat
Once there was a great and powerful King who was as good as gold and as brave as a lion, but he had one weakness, which was a horror of cats. If he saw one through an open window he shuddered so that his medals jangled together and his crown fell ... Zut
Side by side, on the avenue de la Grande Armee, stand the epicerie of Jean-Baptiste Caille and the salle de coiffure of Hippolyte Sergeot, and between these two there is a great gulf fixed, the which has come to be through the acerbity of Alexandr...

A Friendly Rat Dick Baker's Cat The Blue Dryad Zut The Black Cat The Afflictions Of An English Cat The Queen's Cat Madame Jolicoeur's Cat

A Psychical Invasion Calvin The Cat Monty's Friend Gipsy Madame Jolicoeur's Cat The Queen's Cat The Afflictions Of An English Cat