PREFACE. 



THE publication and success of my book last year 

 on " SPORTING DOGS " has necessitated the pro- 

 duction of another division dealing with the "NON- 

 SPORTING " varieties, in which terriers are not 

 included, they forming a volume of themselves. I 

 have endeavoured to give a somewhat complete early 

 history of the different breeds, and, at the same time, 

 have brought the subject up to date. 



As before, the drawings, although in most in- 

 stances taken from living examples, are not 

 intended to be merely counterparts of dogs of the 

 day, but they must be taken as illustrative of 

 the typical specimens they represent. I believe 

 this departure from ordinary custom to be a useful 

 one, as the portraits of individual dogs, whose 



