[Sept. 29, 1888.] In reply to Mr. Ainger's question as to there being "any precedent for such close intimacies between animals so widely separated in kind and habit" as the dog and...
[Feb. 1, 1890.] Several newspaper cuttings have been sent to me with the story of my dog which appeared in the Spectator of January 18th, and one or two of them suggest a doubt as...
[Nov. 2, 1872.] Our terrier Crib took upon himself yesterday to add his testimony to your view of "dog-consciousness," as expressed in the Spectator of the 19th ult. Crib verges on...
[Sept. 1, 1888.] The following incident in dog-life may perhaps find a place in the Spectator. I quote from a letter received a few days ago from my nephew, "T. G. T.," resident in...
[April 28, 1877.] As letters telling of dogs and their doings occasionally appear in the Spectator, perhaps the following rather pathetic anecdote of a dog I know well may also fin...
[April 13, 1878.] Would you allow me, as a cat fancier of nearly thirty years' standing, to corroborate, by a personal experience, Mr. Balfour's testimony in your last issue to the...
[March 25, 1893.] At six o'clock this morning, I saw a mountain-shepherd stand at a gate on the hill-top. Seven sheep were on the outside of the gate--six of the shepherd's flock,...
[July 1, 1893.] The following story may, perhaps, interest some of your readers:--Willie is a small, rough-haired terrier, a truculent and aggressive character, the terror of tramp...
[April 30, 1892.] In a recent Spectator there is a quotation from Pierre Loti to the effect that "animals not only fear death, but fear it the more because they are aware that they...
[May 18, 1889.] You have lately published several dog stories. Allow me to send you another for publication should you think it worthy. It was told me to-day by a lady whom I cross...
[Oct. 24, 1891.] Dogs, as well as horses, can recognise tunes. Many years ago a friend, during a short absence from our station on the Kurrumfooler, lent my sister a pet dog. Cissi...
[Nov. 13, 1875.] Having often read, with great pleasure, the anecdotes about dogs which from time to time appear in the Spectator, I venture to send you one which has come under my...
[Feb. 9, 1895.] I think I can explain the puzzle of the Scotch terrier and his interment of the frogs, for the satisfaction of your correspondent. A friend of mine had once a retri...
[Feb. 2, 1895.] Having derived much pleasure from reading the frequent natural history notes which from time to time appear in the Spectator, I venture to send you two instances of...
[May 11, 1895.] Seeing the great interest which many of your readers take in the study of canine character and intelligence, I think perhaps the following incident is worth recordi...
[Sept. 22, 1888.] The Spectator does not disdain anecdotes of dogs and their doings, and I think the following history, to which I can bear personal testimony, may be found not uni...
[Sept. 1, 1883.] I can match Mrs. De Morgan's pretty story of her Dido. A wise old dog with whom I have the privilege to associate was, two or three days ago, lying asleep in her b...
[Jan. 12, 1895.] I was greatly interested in the story of the generosity shown by a dog, as related in the Spectator of January 5th, because of a similar case within my own knowled...
[Sept. 29, 1888.] Mr. Ainger, in giving his interesting incident of strange friendships between animals, asks if there are any precedents for such incongruous intimacy as he saw be...
[July 28, 1888.] A recent anecdote from one of your correspondents about a dog and a hen brought to my mind an incident, related to me by an eye-witness, of a dog who had a constan...
[Feb. 1, 1879.] You have frequently published letters containing stories bearing on the question of the moral nature and the future of the lower animals. I venture to send you some...
[April 4, 1885.] Reading from time to time many pleasant anecdotes in the columns of the Spectator--which, by the way, I receive as regularly, and read as eagerly, as when resident...
[April 12, 1884.] You did me the honour, some weeks ago, to insert a letter of mine, containing suggestions as to a method of studying the psychology of animals and a short account...
[Aug. 5, 1893.] The "dog" letter in the Spectator of July 15th is wonderfully like my experience, some years ago, with my little red Blenheim, Frisk. She always slept in a basket,...
[Jan. 12, 1884.] Your correspondent, "W. H. O'Shea," has found several dogs "colour-blind," If black is a colour, I can give several instances in which a black retriever dog of min...
[March 14, 1885.] I have been much interested in the communications which have appeared from time to time in the Spectator in reference to "animal intelligence." Recently my attent...
[Aug. 4, 1883.] I think the question has been mooted in your columns as to whether dogs sometimes understand our language. A circumstance that has just occurred leads me to think t...
[Nov. 29, 1890.] In your article on Mr. Nettleship's pictures of animals, you note the delicacy of a dog that has been properly trained in the matter of taking its food. My little...
[Sept. 7, 1889.] Thirty years ago I was staying at Langley, near Chippenham, with a lady who was working a large screen, on which she depicted in "raised" work (as it was then call...
[June 18, 1892.] If you think this little anecdote of canine friendliness worthy of the Spectator, will you insert it for me? Last week a sick dog took up its abode in the field be...