PREFACE. 



TO MY LITTLE READER. 



This book puts you in possession of a little Picture Gallery of 

 your own. A great part of the pictures in it have been drawn 

 from correct copies of the originals, which are among the fine 

 collection of rare drawings and prints in the British Museum, and 

 the balance have been selected from the original drawings of the 

 best French and English artists. You will find at the end of 

 each chapter the name and a short account of the artist by whom 

 the picture was designed ; and I have hoped, in collecting them, 

 that, while they will make you acquainted with the drawings and 

 the names of Paul Potter, Landseer, Cooper, Berghem, and others, 

 they will also create within you a kind regard for the animals 

 represented, and that the anecdotes will induce you to treat with 

 kindness such of them as may at any time be placed within the 

 circle of your influence ; for remember, that nothing is more 



COWARDLY and DESPICABLE than CRUELTY. 



These pictures will also make very good copies for you to draw 

 from, and they will prpp,a,re you for, drawing .animals from nature, 



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which is far better 'than ' making copies. You can also derive 

 much pleasure from reading he',sjvirt histories and anecdotes to 

 your little brother or sister,' 'and -fneiicl-s. 



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