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Index
Cover
Dedication
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Dogs
Chapter 1 The Pug Who Bit Napoleon
Chapter 2 The Devoted Great Dane of Alexander Pope
Chapter 3 The Spaniel Willed to Horace Walpole
Chapter 4 Lord Byron’s Firmest Friend
Chapter 5 Prince Albert’s Favourite Greyhound
Chapter 6 Emily Brontë and Her Dog Keeper
Chapter 7 Looty the Pekingese and the Destruction of the Summer Palace
Chapter 8 The Bloodhounds Hired to Hunt Jack the Ripper
Chapter 9 Dogs and Other Animals that Grieve
Part II: Cats
Chapter 10 Samuel Johnson’s Favourite Cat
Chapter 11 The Cat Show at the Crystal Palace
Chapter 12 The Case of the Victorian Cat Ladies
Chapter 13 Cat Funerals in the Victorian Era
Part III: Horses and Farm Animals
Chapter 14 Whistlejacket and Eighteenth Century Equine Artist George Stubbs
Chapter 15 An 1828 Balloon Ascent ... On a Pony!
Chapter 16 The Case of the Purloined Pet Donkey
Chapter 17 The West End Rambles of London’s Piccadilly Goat
Part IV: Birds
Chapter 18 The Parrot, The Monkey, and the Two Rival Lovers of Madame de Choiseul
Chapter 19 The Widower Swan of the Château de Malmaison
Chapter 20 The Ravens Who Inspired Charles Dickens
Chapter 21 A Regimental Chicken
Part V: Rabbits and Rodents
Chapter 22 Robert Burns and the Mouse at Mossgiel Farm
Chapter 23 The Portable Pet Rabbit
Part VI: Reptiles and Fish
Chapter 24 The Sailor and the Shark
Chapter 25 The Alligator in the Thames
Part VII: Strange and Exotic Pets
Chapter 26 The Duke of Richmond’s Pet Fox and Viscount Doneraile’s Vixen
Chapter 27 A Victorian Flea Circus
Sources
Notes
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