Chapter 2
THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
Cluny _William Croswell Doane_ 25
The Best Friend _Meribah Abbott_ 26
My Dog and I _Alice J. Chester_ 27
My Gentleman _Anonymous_ 29
The Dead Boy's Portrait and His Dog _Gerald Massey_ 31
Advice to a Dog Painter _Jonathan Swift_ 33
Mercy's Reward _Sir Edwin Arnold_ 34
Beau and the Water Lily _William Cowper_ 37
Petronius _Frederic P. Ladd_ 39
My Dog _Joseph M. Anderson_ 40
Charity's Eye _William Rounseville Alger_ 42
To Blanco _J.G. Holland_ 44
The Ould Hound _Arthur Stringer_ 46
The Miser's Only Friend _George Crabbe_ 48
Poor Dog Tray _Thomas Campbell_ 51
My Comforter _Anonymous_ 53
The Little White Dog _May Ellis Nichols_ 54
The Irish Greyhound _Katherine Phillips_ 55
The Vagabonds _J.T. Trowbridge_ 57
In Cineam _Sir John Davies_ 62
Old Matthew's Dog _Anonymous_ 63
A Dog and a Man _Anonymous_ 67
Rover-Dog _Marie Louise Tompkins_ 68
Horse, Dog and Man _S.E. Kiser_ 70
The Best Dog _Anonymous_ 73
Cæsar, King Edward's Dog _O. Middleton_ 75
Just Our Dog _Anonymous_ 76
Ragged Rover _Leslie Clare Manchester_ 78
To Flush, My Dog _Elizabeth Barrett Browning_ 80
Frances _Richard Wightman_ 86
To My Setter, Scout _Frank H. Selden_ 88
Why Strik'st Thou Me? _Nathan Haskell Dole_ (_Translator_) 90
Consolation _Howard C. Kegley_ 92
Argus _Alexander Pope_ 93
Chained in the Yard _Anonymous_ 94
Why the Dog's Nose is Cold _Margaret Eytinge_ 95
Dog Language _Marion Hovey Briggs_ 97
A Dog's Loyalty _Anonymous_ 98