IN recording the remarks made and answers given 

 by these dogs I have wherever it seemed possible 

 to do so without loss of a certain distinctive charm 

 inserted the English translation only ; here and 

 there, however, where, for instance, the conversation 

 between mistress and dog has turned on the spelling 

 of a word it has been necessary to give the entire 

 sentence in German. There are also some quaint 

 remarks of which I have been loth to omit the 

 original, these being sure to appeal to anyone ac- 

 quainted with idiomatic German. 



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