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    The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
    The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
    The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too
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    The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too

    By Alfred Elwes

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    Alfred Elwes was anineteenth-century British author of children's literature, academic,philologist, and occasional translator of French, Italian and Portugueseliterature into English.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrill Press
    Release dateFeb 22, 2016
    ISBN9781531223274

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      The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too - Alfred Elwes

      THE ADVENTURES OF A DOG, AND A GOOD DOG TOO

      ..................

      Alfred Elwes

      MILK PRESS

      Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

      This book is a work of fiction; its contents are wholly imagined.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Alfred Elwes

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      THE ADVENTURES of a DOG,: AND A GOOD DOG TOO

      THE: ADVENTURES OF A DOG,: AND A GOOD DOG TOO.

      PREFACE.

      INTRODUCTION.

      EARLY DAYS.

      CHANGES.

      UPS AND DOWNS.

      THE INUNDATION.

      PAINS AND PLEASURES.

      DUTY.

      The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too

      By

      Alfred Elwes

      The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too

      Published by Milk Press

      New York City, NY

      First published circa 1888

      Copyright © Milk Press, 2015

      All rights reserved

      Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      About Milk Press

      Milk Press loves books, and we want the youngest generation to grow up and love them just as much. We publish classic children’s literature for young and old alike, including cherished fairy tales and the most famous novels and stories.

      THE ADVENTURES OF A DOG,: AND A GOOD DOG TOO

      ..................

      A FAMILY PARTY A FAMILY PARTY

      THE: ADVENTURES OF A DOG,: AND A GOOD DOG TOO.

      ..................

      Author of The Adventures of a Bear, Ocean and her Rulers, etc., etc.

      WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRISON WEIR.

      LONDON:

      GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND CO., FARRINGDON STREET,

      AND 18, BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK.

      1857.

      LONDON:

      THOMAS HARRILD, PRINTER, 11, SALISBURY SQUARE,

      FLEET STREET.

      PREFACE.

      ..................

      I LOVE DOGS. WHO DOES not? It is a natural feeling to love those who love us; and dogs were always fond of me. Thousands can say the same; and I shall therefore find plenty of sympathy while unfolding my dog’s tale.

      This attachment of mine to the canine family in general, and their affection towards myself, have induced me, like the Vizier in the Arabian Nights, of happy memory, to devote some time to the study of their language. Its idiom is not so difficult as many would suppose. There is a simplicity about it that often shames the dialects of man; which have been so altered and refined that we discover people often saying one thing when they mean exactly the reverse. Nothing of the sort is visible in the great canine tongue. Whether the tone in which it is uttered be gruff or polished, sharp or insinuating, it is at least sincere. Mankind would often be puzzled how to use it.

      Like many others, its meaning is assisted by gestures of the body, and, above all, by the expression of the eye. If ever language had its seat in that organ, as phrenologists pretend, it lies in the eye of the dog. Yet, a good portion finds its way to his tail. The motion of that eloquent member is full of meaning. There is the slow wag of anger; the gentle wag of contentment; the brisker wag of joy: and what can be more mutely expressive than the limp states of sorrow, humility, and fear?

      If the tongue of the dog present such distinctive traits, the qualities of the animal himself are not less striking. Although the dispositions of dogs are as various as their forms—although education, connections, the society they keep, have all their influence—to the credit of their name be it said, a dog never sullies his mouth with an untruth. His emotions of pleasure are genuine, never forced. His grief is not the semblance of woe, but comes from the heart. His devotion is unmixed with other feelings. It is single, unselfish, profound. Prosperity affects it not; adversity cannot make it swerve. Ingratitude, that saddest of human vices, is unknown to the dog. He does not forget past favours, but, when attached by benefits received, his love endures through life. But I shall have never done with reciting the praises of this noble animal; the subject is inexhaustible. My purpose now has narrower limits.

      From the archives of the city of Caneville, I lately drew the materials of a Bear’s Biography. From the same source I now derive my Adventures of a Dog. My task has been less that of a composer than a translator, for a feline editoress, a Miss Minette Gattina, had already performed her part. This latter animal appears, however, to have been so learned a cat—one may say so deep a puss—that she had furnished more notes than there was original matter. Another peculiarity which distinguished her labours was the obscurity of her style; I call it a peculiarity, and not a defect, because I am not quite certain whether the difficulty of getting at her meaning lay in her mode of expressing herself or my deficiency in the delicacies of her language. I think myself a tolerable linguist, yet have too great a respect for puss to say that any fault is attributable to her.

      The same feeling has, naturally, made me careful in rendering those portions which were exclusively her own. I have preferred letting her say little to allowing her to express anything she did not intend. Her notes, which, doubtless, drew many a purr of approval from her own breast, and many a wag of approbation from the tails of her choice acquaintance, I have preferred leaving out altogether; and I have so curtailed the labours of her paw, and the workings of her brain, as to condense into half-a-dozen pages her little volume of introduction. The autobiography itself, most luckily, required no alteration. It is the work of a simple mind, detailing the events of a simple but not uneventful life. Whether I have succeeded in conveying to my readers’ intelligence the impression which this Dog’s Adventures made on mine, they alone can decide.

      A. E.

      Lyndhurst Road,

      INTRODUCTION.

      ..................

      BY MISS MINETTE GATTINA.

      It may seem peculiar to any but an inhabitant of this renowned city of Caneville, that one of our nation should venture on the task of bringing to the notice of the world the memoir I have undertaken to edit. But, besides that in this favoured place animals of all kinds learn to dwell in tolerable harmony together, the subject of this biography had so endeared himself to all

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