PREFACE 



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"AHIS autobiography of Fairy was 

 undertaken as a labor of love and 

 remembrance for her beautiful life, 

 which she lived among us with such sweet- 

 ness and grace that it has lain upon my 

 conscience to tell her story to the chil- 

 dren, that it may move them to a closer 

 observance of, and a greater compassion 

 toward, all dumb animals, so mutely de- 

 pendent upon their sympathies. 



And in all little Fairy's experiences, as 

 well as those of other dogs which she cites, 

 I have not allowed myself to depart from 

 the truth; my whole motive has been to 

 so conscientiously mirror her loving life of 



irteen years, that all my readers may know 

 and feel that they are perusing true annals. 



I am deeply indebted to many of our 

 noblest poets for the stanzas I have so 

 freely drawn upon; and especially am I in- 

 debted to the author of the poem dedicated 

 to the closing scene of that gentle life, - 

 "Fairy's Requiem.' 1 



