Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's Note Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of the changes is found at the end of this text. The Dumpy Books for Children No. 10. A HORSE BOOK. THE DUMPY BOOKS FOR CHILDREN. _Cloth, Royal 32 mo, 1/6 each._ 1. THE FLAMP, THE AMELIORATOR, AND THE SCHOOLBOY'S APPRENTICE. By E. V. LUCAS. (_Seventh Thousand._) 2. MRS. TURNER'S CAUTIONARY STORIES. (_Fifth Thousand._) 3. THE BAD FAMILY. By MRS. FENWICK. (_Third Thousand._) 4. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Illustrated in Colours by HELEN BANNERMAN. (_Twenty-seventh Thousand._) 5. THE BOUNTIFUL LADY. By THOMAS COBB. (_Fourth Thousand._) 6. A CAT BOOK. Portraits by H. OFFICER SMITH. Characteristics by E. V. LUCAS. (_Eighth Thousand._) 7. A FLOWER BOOK. Illustrated in Colours by NELLIE BENSON. Story by EDEN COYBEE. (_Eighth Thousand._) 8. THE PINK KNIGHT. By J. R. MONSELL. Illustrated in Colours. 9. THE LITTLE CLOWN. By THOMAS COBB. 10. A HORSE BOOK. By MARY TOURTEL. Illustrated in Colours. 11. THE DUMPY BABE. By HENRY MAYER. Illustrated in Colours. London: GRANT RICHARDS, 9 Henrietta Street, W.C. A Horse Book BY MARY TOURTEL LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS 1901 London Engraved & Printed at the _RACQUET COURT PRESS_ by _EDMUND EVANS_ CONTENTS. PAGE 1. AT PLAY 2 2. SCHOOLING 6 3. CLEVERNESS 10 4. WILLINGNESS 14 5. WILFULNESS 18 6. INTELLIGENCE 22 7. KICKING 26 8. GENTLENESS 30 9. BITING 34 10. TOILING 38 11. HUNTING 42 12. DUTY 46 13. REARING 50 14. SAGACITY 54 15. BOLTING 58 16. PATIENCE 62 17. BUCKING 66 18. PERSEVERANCE 70 19. JIBBING 74 20. SERVICE 78 21. SHYING 82 22. CURIOSITY 86 23. FRIENDSHIP 90 24. OLD AGE 94 [Illustration] AT PLAY. Three little foals you see at play. They romp and sport all through the day, But sometimes they are most sedate And try to ape their mothers' gait. They wheel and race and leap and prance, And sometimes they are said to dance: But always they will stand and stare At anyone who passes there. SCHOOLING. The horse, like us, must go to school To learn by precept and by rule. Like us, he does not love the work, Like us, he's not allowed to shirk.