ANIMAL LIFE READERS
EDITED BY
EDITH CARRINGTON AND ERNEST BELL
WITH PICTURES BY
HARRISON WEIR
AND OTHERS
DICK AND HIS CAT
AND OTHER TALES
DICK AND HIS CAT
AND OTHER TALES
ADAPTED BY
EDITH CARRINGTON
AUTHOR OF "WORKERS WITHOUT WAGE," "A NARROW, NARROW WORLD,"
"A STORY OF WINGS," ETC., ETC.
WITH PICTURES BY F. M. COOPER
LONDON
GEORGE BELL AND SONS
YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN
1895
This Series is published by Messrs. Bell for the
Humanitarian League.
CONTENTS.
- PAGE
- Dick and His Cat 1
- Trusty. By Roger Quiddam 29
- Out in the Cold. By Roger Quiddam 50
- The Story of a Fly. By Maria Jacob 67
- Betty and Snowdrop 106
PREFACE.
In the Section of the Code for 1894-5, dealing with ReadingBooks, occur the words "Passages impressing on thechildren the duty of gentleness and consideration forothers, and that of the humane treatment of animals mayalso be widely introduced."
It is in the hope of encouraging that humane treatmentof animals, which in the hands of a sympathetic teachermay so easily and naturally be made the first step towardsthe "gentleness and consideration for others," that thisseries has been prepared. It is hoped now that the teachingof humanity has received official recognition, that those whohave charge of the young will recognize its importance,and will realise that unless the cultivation of the heart runspari passu with that of the head, the spread of educationmay become a curse instead of a blessing.
The Editors are much indebted to the R.S.P.C.C. forpermission to reprint "Trusty" and "Out in the Cold."
DICK AND HIS CAT.
1. UP TO LONDON.
1. In the reign of the famous kingEdward the Third, there was a little boynamed Dick Whitt-ing-ton, whose fatherand mother died when he was very young.
2. He knew nothing about them, and hewas left, a poor little ragged, dirty fellow,to run about the streets of a small countryvillage.
3. As poor Dick was not old enough towork, he was in a sad state; he got butlittle for his dinner, and often had nothingat all for his supper. For all the people inthe village were very poor.
4. They could often spare him nothingmore than an old crust of bread, or some...