1. WONDERFUL FACTS ABOUT ANIMALS. 2. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. 3. A HUNT IN OUR DITCHES AND HORSE-PONDS. 4. BUZZINGS FROM A BEEHIVE. 5. SPINNERS AND WEAVERS. 6. BLACK LODGERS AND MINIATURE SCAVENGERS. 7. INSECTS IN LIVERY, AND BOAT-BUILDERS. 8. OUR BIRDS OF FREEDOM. 9. OUR FEATHERED LABOURERS. 10. IN THE BUILDING LINE. 11. BIRD SINGERS IN NATURE’S TEMPLE. 12. CHANTICLEER AND HIS FAMILY. 13. MINERS OF THE SOIL. 14. ACTIVE WORKERS, WITH LONG TAILS AND PRICKLY COATS. 15. NOCTURNAL RAMBLERS ON THE LOOK-OUT. 16. QUAINT NEIGHBOURS AND THEIR SHAGGY RELATIONS. 17. OUR FURRY FRIENDS AND THEIR ANCESTORS. 18. OUR CANINE COMPANIONS AND TENANTS OF THE KENNEL. 19. RELATIONSHIP OF MAN AND ANIMALS. 20. CAN ANIMALS TALK AND REASON? 21. USEFUL LINKS IN NATURE’S CHAIN. 22. CLIENTS WORTH PLEADING FOR. CLASSIFICATION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEX. “We have read parts of this work with great pleasure, and intend to go through it page by page for our own personal delectation. Two-and-sixpence will be well spent upon a book which teaches humanity to animals while it amuses the youthful reader.”—_Sword and Trowel._ “A capital natural history book.”—_Graphic._ “Crammed with good stories.”—_Sheffield Independent._ WITH EIGHTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS. Small crown 8vo., 288 pp., cloth, price 2s. 6d.; gilt edges, 3s. =Wonderful Animals: Working, Domestic=, and Wild. Their Structure, Habits, Homes, and Uses—Descriptive, Anecdotical, and Amusing. By VERNON S. MORWOOD. CHAP. 1. CURIOUS ODDS AND ENDS ABOUT ANIMALS. 2. PEEPS DOWN A MICROSCOPE. 3. LILLIPUTIAN SUBJECTS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 4. INSECT ARMIES, AND HOW RECRUITED. 5. AN UNDERGROUND CITY OF LITTLE PEOPLE. 6. FISH IN ARMOUR. 7. FIRST COUSINS, OR OUR BIRDS IN BLACK. 8. FEATHERED FEEDERS ON FISH, FLESH, AND FOWL. 9. PEACEFUL MONARCHS OF THE LAKE. 10. BIPED TENANTS OF THE FARMYARD. 11. FOREST ACROBATS, LITTLE MARAUDERS, AND FLYING ODDITIES. 12. FEEBLE FOLK, FISHERS, AND POACHERS. 13. BRISTLY PACHYDERMS, WILD AND TAME. 14. ARISTOCRACY OF ANIMALS. 15. AN ANCIENT FAMILY. 16. LOWINGS FROM THE FIELD AND SHED. 17. FOUR-FOOTED HYBRIDS. 18. OUR DONKEYS AND THEIR KINDRED. 19. EVERYBODY’S FRIEND. 20. ANECDOTES OF EVERYBODY’S FRIEND. 21 AND 22. FOES AND FRIENDS OF ANIMALS. “This book is as full of anecdotes as a Christmas pudding is full of plums. Most of them are quite new. He is a poor fellow who does not regard all dumb creatures with a kindlier feeling after reading this entertaining book. It is worth a score detectives in the interests of humanity.”—_Sheffield Independent._