PREFACE. 



To the ladies and gentlemen who have responded so 

 generously to my requests for contributions to this book, 

 I am profoundly grateful. To their efforts alone is due the 

 production of this the grandest work on the dog ever pub- 

 lished, in this or any other country. Without the co-opera- 

 tion of such able and enthusiastic dog-fanciers, such a book 

 would have been impossible. 



I arn also indebted to these and to other kind friends for 

 the use of drawings and photographs, many of which were 

 made especially for this purpose, and from which many of 

 the illustrations have been produced. I am grateful to 

 Dr. N t Howe, editor of the American Field, for the use of 

 several electrotypes, and to many others who have contrib- 

 uted to the success of the work in various ways. 



THE EDITOR. 



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