CONTENTS 



H AFTER PAGE 



I. MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS 3 



"A Freethinker's" Challenge Cruelty of Na- 

 tureThe Human Point of View Man's 

 Unconsciousness in Peril Hypnotic Uncon- 

 sciousness Parallel of the Telegraph Office 

 Flagellants and Devotees Meaning of 

 "Sensation" Why Animals are Spared 

 Pain Man as a Hunting Animal Man as 

 a Person. 



II. INSTINCT AND REASON 21 



Automatic Actions Blinking in Self-Defense 

 Acting "without Thinking "The Instan- 

 taneity of Instinct A Horse's Quick Hear- 

 ingRelics of Old Habit Where Instinct 

 Passes Reason Where Instinct Fails. 



III. THE REALM OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS 33 



The Conception of the " Soul "Unconscious 

 Insects The Growth of Habits " Shame " 

 in a Dog Need of New Words The Sensi- 

 tive Plant The Sea Anemone The Wasp as 

 a Parent Lord Avebury's Ants " Unnat- 

 ural" Conduct of Birds Cannibal Mothers 

 Consciousness and Morality. 



IV. ACTIONS OF ANIMALS EXPLAINED 55 



Utilitarian Origin of all Emotions The 

 "Feelings" of Dogs Animals Have Mem- 

 ory Nine Typical Objections Actions of 

 the Horse The Chased Hare The Dog 



