Edited by Andrew Lang, this book is an anthology of interesting stories about a wide variety of diffferent animals collected from numerous sources. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn
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Episodes
Preface
Episode 0 · 4:45
‘Tom’ an Adventure in the Life of a Bear In Paris by Alexandre Dumas; translated by Miss Blackley
Episode 1 · 18:37
Sai the Panther by John Claudius Loudon
Episode 2 · 11:50
The Buzzard and the Priest by William Bingley
Episode 3 · 7:27
Cowper and His Hares by William Bingley
Episode 4 · 6:35
A Rat Tale by Miss Evelyn Grieve
Episode 5 · 12:42
Snake Stories by Mrs. Lang
Episode 6 · 10:09
What Elephants Can Do by Mrs. Lang
Episode 7 · 8:20
The Dog of Montargis by Miss Eleanor Sellar
Episode 8 · 9:54
How a Beaver Builds a House by William Bingley
Episode 9 · 9:05
The War Horse of Alexander by Plutarch
Episode 10 · 5:37
Stories About Bears by Mrs. Lang
Episode 11 · 16:50
Stories About Ants by Mrs. Lang
Episode 12 · 13:21
The Taming of an Otter by William Bingley
Episode 13 · 6:07
The Story of Androcles and the Lion by Miss Eleanor Sellar
Episode 14 · 8:45
Monsieur Dumas and His Beasts (Chapters 1-3) by Mrs. Lang
Episode 15 · 30:53
Monsieur Dumas and His Beasts (Chapters 4-6) by Mrs. Lang
Episode 16 · 33:44
Monsieur Dumas and His Beasts (Chapters 7-9) by Mrs. Lang
Episode 17 · 30:47
The Adventures of Pyramus by Mrs. Lang
Episode 18 · 12:15
The Story of a Weasel by William Bingley
Episode 19 · 4:52
Stories About Wolves by Mrs. Lang
Episode 20 · 16:45
Two Highland Dogs by Miss Goodrich Freer
Episode 21 · 32:53
Monkey Tricks and Sally at the Zoo
Episode 22 · 5:18
How the Cayman Was Killed by Charles Waterton
Episode 23 · 7:32
The Story of Fido by Miss A. M. Alleyne
Episode 24 · 5:22
Beasts Besieged by Théophile Gautier
Episode 25 · 5:28
Mr. Gully by Miss Elspeth Campbell
Episode 26 · 7:14
Stories from Pliny: How Dogs Love by Pliny
Episode 27 · 3:33
The Strange History of Cagnotte by Théophile Gautier
Episode 28 · 6:07
Still Waters Run Deep; Or the Dancing Dog by Théophile Gautier
Episode 29 · 9:22
Theo and His Horses; Jane, Betsy, and Blanche by Théophile Gautier
Episode 30 · 9:51
Madame Théophile and the Parrot by Théophile Gautier
Episode 31 · 4:32
The Battle of the Mullets and the Dolphins by Mrs. Lang
Episode 32 · 5:46
Monkey Stories by Mrs. Lang
Episode 33 · 12:55
Eccentric Bird Builders by Mr. Jones
Episode 34 · 5:34
The Ship of the Desert by Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Episode 35 · 10:24
‘Hame, Hame, Hame, Where I Fain Wad Be' by Mrs. Lang
Episode 36 · 7:29
Nests for Dinner by Mrs. Lang
Episode 37 · 3:16
Fire-eating Djijam
Episode 38 · 5:50
The Story of the Dog Oscar by Miss A. M. Alleyne
Episode 39 · 12:18
Dolphins at Play by Pliny
Episode 40 · 2:37
The Starling of Segringen by Johann Peter Hebel; translated by Mr. Bartells
Episode 41 · 3:21
Grateful Dogs by Mr. Bartells
Episode 42 · 3:20
A Gazelle: Passages in the Life of a Tortoise by Alexandre Dumas; translated by Miss Blackley
Episode 43 · 3:11
Cockatoo Stories
Episode 44 · 6:12
The Otter Who Was Reared By a Cat
Episode 45 · 4:41
Stories About Lions by Mrs. Lang
Episode 46 · 21:30
Builders and Weavers by Mrs. Lang
Episode 47 · 5:18
‘More Faithful than Favoured’ by Miss Eleanor Sellar
Episode 48 · 8:53
Dolphins, Turtles, and Cod: Stories from Audubon by Robert Williams Buchanan
Episode 49 · 9:39
More About Elephants by James Emerson Tennent
Episode 50 · 11:45
Bungey by Mr. Jesse
Episode 51 · 6:26
Lions and Their Ways by William Bingley
Episode 52 · 5:58
The History of Jacko I by Alexandre Dumas; translated by Miss Blackley
Episode 53 · 15:51
Signora and Lori
Episode 54 · 5:17
Of the Linnet, Popinjay, or Parrot, and Other Birds That Can Speak by Mrs. Lang
Episode 55 · 4:57
Patch and the Chickens by Miss A. M. Alleyne
Episode 56 · 2:45
The Fierce Falcon by Charles St. John
Episode 57 · 7:18
Mr. Bolt, the Scotch Terrier by Mr. Jesse
Episode 58 · 8:57
A Raven's Funeral by Mrs. Lang
Episode 59 · 3:06
A Strange Tiger by William Bingley
Episode 60 · 6:15
Halcyons and Their Biographers by Mrs. Lang
Episode 61 · 3:03
The Story of a Frog by Miss Blackley
Episode 62 · 15:31
The Woodpecker Tapping on the Hollow Oak Tree by Mrs. Lang