coverTHE SQUARE BOOK OF ANIMALS
By William Nicholson.
RHYMES BY ARTHUR WAUGH.
Published by R. H. Russell. New York. 1900.
NOTE.
The book of Animals was designedby Mr. Nicholson in 1896.
Copyright, 1899, by William Heinemann.
All rights reserved.
Entered at Stationers Hall, London, England.
Entered at the Library of Congress, Washington, U.S.A.
AN EXPLANATION
| Friend, seek not here (to feed the mind) Zoology's recondite feasts: Here you will find but common, kind, And unsophisticated beasts! Yet fresh the life of farm and grange As that which o'er the ocean roams: Take for a change a narrower range— An English book for English homes! |
THE BRITISH BULL-DOG | |
 | You swing the gate; and there he stands to greet you, With growl or grin, as you are strange or known: According to your merits will he treat you— An Englishman who loves and guards his own. |
THE UN-COMMON CAT | |
| Nine lives they give the common cat? There's a rare one livelier yet than that! A cat that swings nine separate tails! And, when it's let out of the bag, it rails With so knotty a tongue that the culprit quails! |  |
THE FRIENDLY HEN | |
 | Some birds lay eggs in towering trees, And some in fens conceal them; The hen seeks friendlier haunts than these, Where every child can steal them. |