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Material Information
- Title:
- The Landseer series of picture books
- Creator:
- Surr, Mrs. ( Elizabeth ) ( Author, Primary )
Landseer, Edwin Henry, 1802-1873
Landseer, Thomas, 1795-1880
Thomas Nelson & Sons ( Publisher )
- Place of Publication:
- London
Edinburgh
- Publisher:
- T. Nelson & Sons
- Publication Date:
- c1894
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [8] p., [4] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Subjects
- Subjects / Keywords:
- Children's stories ( lcsh )
Animals -- Juvenile fiction ( lcsh ) Animal welfare -- Juvenile fiction ( lcsh ) Dogs -- Juvenile fiction ( lcsh ) Rabbits -- Juvenile fiction ( lcsh ) Animals -- Illustrations -- Juvenile fiction ( lcsh ) Children's stories -- 1894 ( lcsh ) Prize books (Provenance) -- 1894 ( rbprov ) Baldwin -- 1894
- Genre:
- Children's stories ( lcsh )
Prize books (Provenance) ( rbprov ) novel ( marcgt )
- Spatial Coverage:
- England -- London
Scotland -- Edinburgh
- Target Audience:
- juvenile ( marctarget )
Notes
- Scope and Content:
- Children and rabbits -- Distinguished member of the Humane Society -- Suspense -- Dignity & Impudence -- Laying down the law -- The travelled monkey.
- General Note:
- Cover title.
- General Note:
- Date of publication from inscription.
- General Note:
- Illustrations probably by Thomas Landseer and/or Sir Edwin Landseer.
- General Note:
- Baldwin Library copy lacks back cover with illustration: The travelled monkey.
- Statement of Responsibility:
- with descriptions by Mrs. Surr.
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- University of Florida
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- University of Florida
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| 4. DIGNITY & IMPUDENCE,
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LAYING DOWN THE
Bist of Pictures.
1, CHILDREN AND RABBITS.
2, DISTINGUISHED MEMBER
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HUMANE SOCIETY.
3. SUSPENSE
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CoaILDREN With RABBITS.
T is very sad when a poor rabbit is hungry, and scratches at the
door of its hutch, and even gnaws the bars, because a boy or
a girl forgets to bring it food. Poor thing! perhaps it can see a
heap of new-mown grass in the yard, and smell the sweet scent of
the cut clover, but no one gives it a handful for its supper. Alas!
to forget is to be cruel.
It is not so with the pretty rabbits in the picture. See how fat
and sleek they are! The kind boy and the dear little girl with the
curly hair not only love to nurse their tame pets, but to feed them.
Every morning and every night they carry them fresh food; and
on fine summer evenings, when the red sky glows with clouds of
purple and gold, they let the rabbits have a nice run in the yard
before they bid them good-night. Then the pretty creatures skip
and frisk about with joy, and the children laugh to see what bounds
they make in the air.
A little dog with long soft ears always follows his young master
into the yard where the rabbits live, but he never offers.to harm
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CHILDREN WITH RABBITS:
one of them. Sometimes they come quite close to him, and even
smell his cold, black nose, but he does not mind it. Most dogs
dislike rabbits so much that they snap at them or even kill them if
they come near; but Carlo is too well trained to do anything
unkind or cruel. When he was quite a puppy he was taught that
he must often give up his own way and always obey. And Carlo
learned the lesson so well that he does not forget it now he is older.
And if little children would grow up good and loved and happy,
they must learn, like the soft-eared dog, to do as they are told. It
is not a nice sight to see boys and girls pouting and crying because
they cannot always have the things they wish. We once felt sorry
to see a rosy-cheeked child with his mouth full of sweetmeats worry-
ing his mother for more. She looked very pale and ill, as if she
could scarcely bear the noise he made; but when she told him
more would make him sick, he cried with passion. Now Carlo
would like a race round the yard after the young rabbits, who eat
their supper in peace on the low table under which he lies; but he
does not do what he likes, because, though he is only a dog, he
has learned to obey. And should a dog behave better than a child?
& IS lING Wisi ME Misi 2Or
THe ae MANE. SOCIETY...
| HAT a noble dog! No wonder that the children of the
house where he lives are fond and proud of him, for Dash
is as gentle as he is strong. Sometimes the baby pulls his: wavy
coat, and even puts her fat finger into his soft brown eye; but
though Dash feels the pain, he never grows angry enough even to
show his white teeth at her. He seems to think, “ She is only a
baby, and does not know how she hurts me; and it would be mean
indeed to harm a sweet and helpless infant.â€
Dash is very fond of a swim in the sea, so the children love to
take him for a walk on the beach and see him plunge into the
waves after the sticks they throw in the water. He is not afraid of
a cold bath in the white foam, for he comes fresh and clean out of
the surf, and the children laugh and run away from the water which
| he shakes out of his curly coat. He was never known to stand
shivering on the wet stones on the beach, looking at the waves as
if he thought, ‘“‘ The water must be very cold to-day, I dare not
A MEMBER OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
plunge into it.†No; in he goes, summer or winter, and always
seems ie better for dic bath Dash cceme to lnow wick (one
boys and girls forget—that the frequent use of pure water keeps
both children and dogs healthy.
Noble Dash has a kind master, who values his faithful dog,
and who would not part with him for a pile of silver and gold.
He never forgets the day when his fair-haired little Mary was
washed by a big wave into the sea as she ran towards her ball,
which ‘Tom had thrown into the tide. Dash at the time was lying
as if asleep on a heap of sea-weed a short distance off At the cry
of Mary’s nurse he bounded away, and in a moment was battling
in the midst of the waves. He soon had little Mary's dress held
fast in the grip of his strong teeth, and swam bravely with her
ashore. Good dog! who could repay him for such a noble deed?
Mary's father and mother patted and praised him, and nurse and
the children cried over him and hugged him, all dripping as he was
from the salt sea; and that night, when little Mary was warmly
asleep in her bed, and the household met together at the hour of
evening prayer, no one was surprised that Mary’s father thanked
God that he had made so noble a dumb creature as faithful Dash,
who had saved the life of his darling child.
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HY does that fine hound sit so still, watching at the closed
door? He seems to be waiting for his master; and he
has an anxious look in his eyes, as if he feared some harm had
come to him. How he listens, that he may catch the first far-off
sound of his master’s step! We trust he may soon hear the firm,
well-known tread in the hall—that the closed door may open, and
with deep bark he may welcome his master home. If he does not
return, the noble dog will perhaps die of grief.
Many a good dog has pined to death through the loss of its
master ; and we once heard of a faithful creature which died of joy
at his owner's return after a long absence. Like the fine hound in
the picture, he patiently watched and waited to hear the glad sound
of the footstep he knew so well. Day after day and week after
week he sat on the top of the flight of steps that led down to the
garden gate, looking down the road by which his master went, to
catch the first glimpse of him returning home. Months passed
away, and still the dog watched and waited; but the master did
SUSPENSE.
not come. One morning the postman brought a letter, and the
glad news rang through the house that he would return that day.
The dog seemed to guess what the joy of the household meant, and
was the first to greet his master when he drove up to the door.
He leaped high in the air to lick his owner's face and hands, and
cried aloud for gladness. But, alas! both the leaping and the
crying were soon at an end. The faithful dog’s joy was too great
for him to bear, and he dropped dead at his master’s feet.
When we read of such love as this, felt by a poor dog for a
human being, how strange it seems that brothers and sisters should
sometimes show less love for each other than dumb creatures for
man! + Shall 4 dog, that knows so little, be so full of love and
kindness as to die of joy, and shall boys and girls, who have been
taught so much, live to fall out with each other and to give pain?
Oh, how can they love each other as they ought when they quarrel
sadly? How often a poor nurse gets a bad headache because little
children cry and scream, and snatch each other's toys, and will not
be good! The nursery should be a place of peace and love, a
place of sweet smiles and happy looks and blooming faces; but,
alas! it 1s often a place of tears and strife instead. ‘* Little children,
love one another.â€
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DiGNity AND IMPUDENCE.
tela ole little termes! Elle is mot at all ancaid on die
large hound with the smooth, drooping ears and the big
paws, soft as silk, hanging over the front of the kennel. He can-
not be afraid, for he has pushed his small self into the kennel
beside im: and there he sits, quite at home.
The great hound could kill the small terrier with one snap of
his big jaws; but he is too noble and kind to harm a little creature
that trusts him so well that he even ventures to sit beside him.
Besides, he may be glad of the little dog’s company, for he has a
heavy chain hanging to the collar on his neck, and so he cannot
enjoy freedom and race about the fields, and hunt for rats, like the
rough termien Tis dull work jet to go omy as dar as 4 chain
permits, and the visit of even a small friend may be cheering.
Many a man shut up in a gloomy prison has welcomed the
coming of a bright-eyed mouse from its hole in his cell to help him
to while away the weary hours. How glad he has felt to see the
little creature appear in the corner to eat the crumbs of bread he
scattered for it on the floor after his meal. And the handsome’
A
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DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE. ~
hound perhaps would feel very dull if the sharp terrier ceased to
come to his big kennel, though the playful little creature might
tease him at times by biting his long ears in fun and impudence.
A great dog seldom harms a smaller one, just as a big boy with
proper feeling would never thrash a little boy.
ICRC TSS ON Pal CO) gene
LASING DOWN 2rHE LAW.
Most animals love company. The wise poodle on the cover of this book seems
to do so. He has been taught to behave as if he were a very learned dog, and
turn over the leaves of a book with his paw, and even to wear spectacles ;
and all the dogs around stare at him with wonder, and one of them even
brings him a letter in his mouth, as much as to say, “ You are so clever a dog
you can surely read this letter as well as the master.â€
orgy Wie AON se ee Ee) Vi @ ING ene
Poopies are very obedient, and may be taught to play many tricks. We
have seen them walking on their hind legs only, dressed like ladies and
gentlemen. Monkeys are taught to perform in like manner. ‘In the other
picture on the book-cover you will see a monkey aping the grand gentleman.
Poor thing! perhaps he had many a beating before he learned to carry stick
and gloves and strut about in so graceful a way. Very likely he would much
rather be climbing a tall cocoa-nut tree in his warm, native land, with only
his furry coat on, than walking about among laughing people, in silk stockings
and buckled shoes, with a cocked hat on his head. For freedom is one of the
sweetest gifts of God—loved not only by man, but by dumb creatures also.
Who would not rather be a frisky wild goat bounding over the rocks, enjoying
the free mountain air, than a tame one harnessed to a child’s chaise, too often
pulled and whipped to go faster? Who would not rather be a sparrow,
hopping and chirping where it chooses, than a song-bird in a gilded cage ?
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| 4. DIGNITY & IMPUDENCE,
LiTHE TRAVELLED ONKEY.|
ee arte ts
HIGH epee eroar AN
cAW
LAYING DOWN THE
Bist of Pictures.
1, CHILDREN AND RABBITS.
2, DISTINGUISHED MEMBER
f
of, the
HUMANE SOCIETY.
3. SUSPENSE
Pictures on the Cober.
LAYING DOWN THE LAW.
&
T. NELSON & SONS,LONDON & EDINBURGH. ee Bai
Stara teste (a Oare a -
ee
oe ee 1 Readchhool |
ibe kbs
G
‘ iy MTR DON So tL
, recbectel...2. & altended pune laally One
oe eee Gee
lt Lag he Cogs Of
(fe
Be ee Pd |
HCHO ROHR
_. SCHOOL BOARD for ae |
| PUNCH UAL
a i ‘D’
R RECULAR
ANY ye
‘|larrenbance
lhe:
ot
SOS
if
nO
RmB
The Baldwin Library
yey
Fisrida
if
*
CoaILDREN With RABBITS.
T is very sad when a poor rabbit is hungry, and scratches at the
door of its hutch, and even gnaws the bars, because a boy or
a girl forgets to bring it food. Poor thing! perhaps it can see a
heap of new-mown grass in the yard, and smell the sweet scent of
the cut clover, but no one gives it a handful for its supper. Alas!
to forget is to be cruel.
It is not so with the pretty rabbits in the picture. See how fat
and sleek they are! The kind boy and the dear little girl with the
curly hair not only love to nurse their tame pets, but to feed them.
Every morning and every night they carry them fresh food; and
on fine summer evenings, when the red sky glows with clouds of
purple and gold, they let the rabbits have a nice run in the yard
before they bid them good-night. Then the pretty creatures skip
and frisk about with joy, and the children laugh to see what bounds
they make in the air.
A little dog with long soft ears always follows his young master
into the yard where the rabbits live, but he never offers.to harm
i“
<)>
Â¥
CHILDREN WITH RABBITS:
one of them. Sometimes they come quite close to him, and even
smell his cold, black nose, but he does not mind it. Most dogs
dislike rabbits so much that they snap at them or even kill them if
they come near; but Carlo is too well trained to do anything
unkind or cruel. When he was quite a puppy he was taught that
he must often give up his own way and always obey. And Carlo
learned the lesson so well that he does not forget it now he is older.
And if little children would grow up good and loved and happy,
they must learn, like the soft-eared dog, to do as they are told. It
is not a nice sight to see boys and girls pouting and crying because
they cannot always have the things they wish. We once felt sorry
to see a rosy-cheeked child with his mouth full of sweetmeats worry-
ing his mother for more. She looked very pale and ill, as if she
could scarcely bear the noise he made; but when she told him
more would make him sick, he cried with passion. Now Carlo
would like a race round the yard after the young rabbits, who eat
their supper in peace on the low table under which he lies; but he
does not do what he likes, because, though he is only a dog, he
has learned to obey. And should a dog behave better than a child?
& IS lING Wisi ME Misi 2Or
THe ae MANE. SOCIETY...
| HAT a noble dog! No wonder that the children of the
house where he lives are fond and proud of him, for Dash
is as gentle as he is strong. Sometimes the baby pulls his: wavy
coat, and even puts her fat finger into his soft brown eye; but
though Dash feels the pain, he never grows angry enough even to
show his white teeth at her. He seems to think, “ She is only a
baby, and does not know how she hurts me; and it would be mean
indeed to harm a sweet and helpless infant.â€
Dash is very fond of a swim in the sea, so the children love to
take him for a walk on the beach and see him plunge into the
waves after the sticks they throw in the water. He is not afraid of
a cold bath in the white foam, for he comes fresh and clean out of
the surf, and the children laugh and run away from the water which
| he shakes out of his curly coat. He was never known to stand
shivering on the wet stones on the beach, looking at the waves as
if he thought, ‘“‘ The water must be very cold to-day, I dare not
A MEMBER OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
plunge into it.†No; in he goes, summer or winter, and always
seems ie better for dic bath Dash cceme to lnow wick (one
boys and girls forget—that the frequent use of pure water keeps
both children and dogs healthy.
Noble Dash has a kind master, who values his faithful dog,
and who would not part with him for a pile of silver and gold.
He never forgets the day when his fair-haired little Mary was
washed by a big wave into the sea as she ran towards her ball,
which ‘Tom had thrown into the tide. Dash at the time was lying
as if asleep on a heap of sea-weed a short distance off At the cry
of Mary’s nurse he bounded away, and in a moment was battling
in the midst of the waves. He soon had little Mary's dress held
fast in the grip of his strong teeth, and swam bravely with her
ashore. Good dog! who could repay him for such a noble deed?
Mary's father and mother patted and praised him, and nurse and
the children cried over him and hugged him, all dripping as he was
from the salt sea; and that night, when little Mary was warmly
asleep in her bed, and the household met together at the hour of
evening prayer, no one was surprised that Mary’s father thanked
God that he had made so noble a dumb creature as faithful Dash,
who had saved the life of his darling child.
SEE
Ss
are
A
ot
>) > fe NS E
ea de
HY does that fine hound sit so still, watching at the closed
door? He seems to be waiting for his master; and he
has an anxious look in his eyes, as if he feared some harm had
come to him. How he listens, that he may catch the first far-off
sound of his master’s step! We trust he may soon hear the firm,
well-known tread in the hall—that the closed door may open, and
with deep bark he may welcome his master home. If he does not
return, the noble dog will perhaps die of grief.
Many a good dog has pined to death through the loss of its
master ; and we once heard of a faithful creature which died of joy
at his owner's return after a long absence. Like the fine hound in
the picture, he patiently watched and waited to hear the glad sound
of the footstep he knew so well. Day after day and week after
week he sat on the top of the flight of steps that led down to the
garden gate, looking down the road by which his master went, to
catch the first glimpse of him returning home. Months passed
away, and still the dog watched and waited; but the master did
SUSPENSE.
not come. One morning the postman brought a letter, and the
glad news rang through the house that he would return that day.
The dog seemed to guess what the joy of the household meant, and
was the first to greet his master when he drove up to the door.
He leaped high in the air to lick his owner's face and hands, and
cried aloud for gladness. But, alas! both the leaping and the
crying were soon at an end. The faithful dog’s joy was too great
for him to bear, and he dropped dead at his master’s feet.
When we read of such love as this, felt by a poor dog for a
human being, how strange it seems that brothers and sisters should
sometimes show less love for each other than dumb creatures for
man! + Shall 4 dog, that knows so little, be so full of love and
kindness as to die of joy, and shall boys and girls, who have been
taught so much, live to fall out with each other and to give pain?
Oh, how can they love each other as they ought when they quarrel
sadly? How often a poor nurse gets a bad headache because little
children cry and scream, and snatch each other's toys, and will not
be good! The nursery should be a place of peace and love, a
place of sweet smiles and happy looks and blooming faces; but,
alas! it 1s often a place of tears and strife instead. ‘* Little children,
love one another.â€
<)>
= 2
+
a
DiGNity AND IMPUDENCE.
tela ole little termes! Elle is mot at all ancaid on die
large hound with the smooth, drooping ears and the big
paws, soft as silk, hanging over the front of the kennel. He can-
not be afraid, for he has pushed his small self into the kennel
beside im: and there he sits, quite at home.
The great hound could kill the small terrier with one snap of
his big jaws; but he is too noble and kind to harm a little creature
that trusts him so well that he even ventures to sit beside him.
Besides, he may be glad of the little dog’s company, for he has a
heavy chain hanging to the collar on his neck, and so he cannot
enjoy freedom and race about the fields, and hunt for rats, like the
rough termien Tis dull work jet to go omy as dar as 4 chain
permits, and the visit of even a small friend may be cheering.
Many a man shut up in a gloomy prison has welcomed the
coming of a bright-eyed mouse from its hole in his cell to help him
to while away the weary hours. How glad he has felt to see the
little creature appear in the corner to eat the crumbs of bread he
scattered for it on the floor after his meal. And the handsome’
A
—<©)»
DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE. ~
hound perhaps would feel very dull if the sharp terrier ceased to
come to his big kennel, though the playful little creature might
tease him at times by biting his long ears in fun and impudence.
A great dog seldom harms a smaller one, just as a big boy with
proper feeling would never thrash a little boy.
ICRC TSS ON Pal CO) gene
LASING DOWN 2rHE LAW.
Most animals love company. The wise poodle on the cover of this book seems
to do so. He has been taught to behave as if he were a very learned dog, and
turn over the leaves of a book with his paw, and even to wear spectacles ;
and all the dogs around stare at him with wonder, and one of them even
brings him a letter in his mouth, as much as to say, “ You are so clever a dog
you can surely read this letter as well as the master.â€
orgy Wie AON se ee Ee) Vi @ ING ene
Poopies are very obedient, and may be taught to play many tricks. We
have seen them walking on their hind legs only, dressed like ladies and
gentlemen. Monkeys are taught to perform in like manner. ‘In the other
picture on the book-cover you will see a monkey aping the grand gentleman.
Poor thing! perhaps he had many a beating before he learned to carry stick
and gloves and strut about in so graceful a way. Very likely he would much
rather be climbing a tall cocoa-nut tree in his warm, native land, with only
his furry coat on, than walking about among laughing people, in silk stockings
and buckled shoes, with a cocked hat on his head. For freedom is one of the
sweetest gifts of God—loved not only by man, but by dumb creatures also.
Who would not rather be a frisky wild goat bounding over the rocks, enjoying
the free mountain air, than a tame one harnessed to a child’s chaise, too often
pulled and whipped to go faster? Who would not rather be a sparrow,
hopping and chirping where it chooses, than a song-bird in a gilded cage ?
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