LIST OF PLATES

FRONTISPIECE. The Crested Crane

From PICTURES FROM BIRDLAND, with rhymes by E.B.S.; illustrated by Maurice Detmold and Edward J. Detmold. [J. M. Dent & Co. London, and E. P. Dutton & Co. New York, 1899.]

The Green Tree Frog (on p. v of introduction)

From THE BOOK OF BABY PETS, descriptions by Florence E. Dugdale; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1910.]

PICTURES FROM BIRDLAND, with rhymes by E.B.S.; illustrated by Maurice Detmold and Edward J. Detmold. [J. M. Dent & Co., London, and E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1899.]

1. The Toucan
2. The Gallinule
3. The Penguin
4. The Guan
5. The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
6. The Osprey
7. The Hummingbird
8. The Cormorant
9. The Oriole
10. The Pheasant
11. The Hang Nest
12. The Bateleur Eagle
13. The Owl

THE JUNGLE BOOK by Rudyard Kipling; illustrated by Maurice Detmold and Edward J. Detmold. [Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1908.]

14. The “Council Rock”
15. “Akela” the Lone Wolf
16. Baloo in the Forest
17. The “Cold Lairs”
18. The Monkey Fight
19. “Kaa” the Python
20. Shere Khan in the Jungle
21. The Return of the Buffalo Herd
22. Rikki-tikki-tavi and Nag
23. Elephant-Dance

THE FABLES OF AESOP, illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [Hodder and Stoughton, New York, 1909.]

24. The Hare and the Tortoise
25. The Oxen and the Axle-trees
26. The Monkeys and their Mother
27. The Vain Jackdaw
28. The Grasshopper and the Owl
29. The Lion and the Three Bulls
30. The Eagle and the Beetle
31. The Goat and the Ass
32. The Fox and the Crane
33. The Owl and the Birds
34. The She-Goats and their Beards
35. The Eagle and his Captor

THE BOOK OF BABY PETS, descriptions by Florence E. Dugdale; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1910.]

36. Grey Squirrel
37. Lamb
38. Guinea Pig
39. Goldfish
40. Kitten
41. Lizard
42. The “Cordon Bleu”
43. Tortoise
44. Chicks
45. Kid

THE BOOK OF BABY BEASTS, descriptions by Florence E. Dugdale; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1911.]

46. The Rat
47. The Hippopotamus
48. The Kangaroo

BIRDS AND BEASTS, translated by A. R. Allinson from the French of Camille Lemonnier; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [George Allen & Company, Ltd., London, 1911.]

49. The Captive Goldfinch
50. Strange Adventures of a Little White Rabbit
51. Misadventures of an Owl

THE BOOK OF BABY BIRDS, descriptions by Florence E. Dugdale; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1912.]

52. The Long-Tailed Tit
53. The Magpie
54. The Willow Warbler
55. The Blue Tit
56. The Yellow-Hammer
57. The Gannet

HOURS OF GLADNESS by Maurice Maeterlinck; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [George Allen & Co., Ltd., London, and Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1912.]

58. Catasetum and Cypripediums
59. Orchis Latifolia
60. Coryanthes Maculata
61. Kingcups

BIRDS IN TOWN AND VILLAGE by W. H. Hudson; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1920.]

62. Goldfinch and Blue Tit, “The desire for the companionship of birds.”
63. Nightingale, “... the medicine of its pure, fresh melody.”
64. Jay, “... inquisitive, perplexed, suspicious, enraged by turns.”
65. Wren, “... mysterious talk in the leaves.”
66. Heron, “. . . the streams are fished by herons.”

FABRE’S BOOK OF INSECTS, retold from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’s translation of Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques” by Mrs. Rudolph Stawell; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1921.]

67. The Sacred Beetle. Sometimes the Scarab seems to enter into partnership with a friend.
68. The Cicada. In July, when most of the insects in my sunny country are parched with thirst, the Cicada remains perfectly cheerful.
69. The White-Faced Decticus. The Greek word dectikos means biting, fond of biting. The Decticus is well-named. It is eminently an insect given to biting.
70. Common Wasps. The Wasp’s nest is made of a thin, flexible material like brown paper, formed of particles of wood.
71. The Field Cricket. Here is one of the humblest of creatures able to lodge himself to perfection. He has a home; he has a peaceful retreat, the first condition of comfort.
72. Italian Locusts. “I have buried underground,” she says, “the treasure of the future.”
73. The Anthrax Fly. Her delicate suit of downy velvet, from which you take the bloom by merely breathing on it, could not withstand the contact of rough tunnels.

OUR LITTLE NEIGHBOURS, described by C. J. Kaberry; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, London, 1921.]

74. The Superior Cat
75. White-tails
76. The Independent Goat
77. Ducks’ Weather
78. Mice, Plain and Fancy

RAINBOW HOUSES by A. Vine Hall; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [Jonathan Cape, London, 1923.]

79. The Spider and the Wasp
80. “Darling Sugar-Bird, Green and Red”
81. “Peep, Little Lizard, Through the Grass”
82. The Praying Mantis

THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1924.]

83. The next day he sat me behind him on an elephant
84. The rukh, which fed its young on elephants
85. The wolf changed into a cock, which began picking up the grains

Line Art on pp. iii, x, and 86 from

THE FABLES OF AESOP