Project Gutenberg 2008-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 133 Jesse, Edward 1780 1868 Anecdotes of Dogs Reading ease score: 60.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Bryan Ness, Chris Logan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Anecdotes of Dogs" by Edward Jesse is a collection of observations and stories focused on the remarkable traits and behaviors of dogs, written in the mid-19th century. The book explores the unique relationship between humans and dogs, emphasizing themes of loyalty, intelligence, and the emotional depth of canines. It aims to enhance the reader’s understanding of dogs and provoke sympathy for these loyal companions. At the start of the book, the author presents a preface that outlines his motivation for compiling these anecdotes, which stem from a lifetime of fascination with the characteristics and capabilities of dogs. Jesse shares insights on how dogs can exhibit human-like emotions, such as affection and loyalty, and provides examples of their intelligence and instinctive behaviors, like rescuing animals or recognizing their owners even after long separations. He stresses that the common bond between men and dogs can lead to extraordinary acts of loyalty and heroism, setting the tone for the rich anecdotes that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Dogs -- Folklore QL Text Animals-Domestic Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals 843415 843333 2024-10-11T10:23:58.005924 2023-09-12T03:51:05.130900 text/html text/html 847468 2021-01-04T02:02:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2658331 2021-01-04T02:02:51 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2810248 2024-10-11T10:24:12.838847 application/epub+zip 2819304 2024-10-11T10:24:02.130889 application/epub+zip 404856 2024-10-11T10:23:59.790939 application/epub+zip 3078911 2024-10-11T10:24:20.016853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3041506 2024-10-11T10:24:10.797856 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 606224 2022-09-12T09:51:53.424163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 747991 747775 2024-10-11T10:23:56.134936 2023-09-12T03:51:03.586874 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 747762 2021-01-04T02:02:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 284074 2021-01-04T02:02:51 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 747803 2021-01-04T02:02:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 283946 2021-01-04T02:02:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20811 2024-10-11T10:24:20.420803 application/rdf+xml 12229 2024-10-11T10:24:00.418906 image/jpeg 3251 2024-10-11T10:24:00.111918 image/jpeg 2736724 2024-10-11T10:23:58.198953 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog