THE NEW 



BOOK OF THE DOG 



A COMPREHENSIVE NATURAL HISTORY OF 

 BRITISH DOGS AND THEIR FOREIGN RELATIVES, 

 WITH CHAPTERS ON LAW, BREEDING, KENNEL 

 MANAGEMENT, AND VETERINARY TREATMENT 



By ROBERT LEIGHTON 



ASSISTED BY EMINENT AUTHORITIES 

 ON THE VARIOUS BREEDS 



ILLUSTRATED WITH TWENTY-ONE COLOURED PLATES AND 

 NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS DOGS 



VOLUME I 

 SPECIAL EDITION 



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