THE MINIATURE POMERANIAN 



" In small proportions ive just beauties see ; 

 And in short measures life may perfect be." 



BEN JONSON. 



WHAT do you lack, what do you buy, mistress ? A fine 

 hobby horse, to make your son a tilter? a drum, to 

 make him a soldier? a fiddle, to make him a reveller? what is't 

 you lack ? little dogs for your daughters ? ' What is it you buy, 

 mistress ? Little dogs for your daughters ? Not so, but little dogs 

 for yourselves, and none do you favour more than the Pomeranian, 

 miniature or otherwise this dainty, elfin-like whimsicality, charming 

 in form, beautiful in colouring, and graceful in manners. The vogue 

 of the Pomeranian calls for no explanation, so self-evident are the 

 reasons. Men as a class are drawn towards the sporting dogs, 

 terriers, setters, pointers, hounds, spaniels, but no woman yet set 

 eyes on one of these midgets without succumbing to its attractions. 

 Rapid though the advances made by the Pekingese have been, the 

 Pomeranian has not lost ground in any sense. It may be that he 

 would have won still more supporters if it had not been for the 



