PREFACE. V 



For the benefit of such of his readers as may be desirous of 

 investigating matters of antiquarian and literary interest con- 

 nected with animals, such as their ancient trials in court for 

 various penal offences, the author has, in the note below, 

 prepared a list of sources of information on these points that 

 will, he thinks, be found sufficient for their needs. 



If the technical text-book writer might hope to encroach 

 somewhat on the province of the poet and the naturalist and 

 awake in his readers a deeper interest in our rights and re- 

 sponsibilities with regard to the great world of our dumb, 

 though not silent, fellow-beings and their correlative right to 

 proper protection and kindness at our hands, such an outcome 

 of the time and labor spent on the present work would be, in 

 itself, no mean reward. 



NOTE. 



The reader is referred to the following articles : 



Prosecutions Against Animals: i Amer. Jurist 223; 14 

 Crim. L. Mag. 709. 



Legal Prosecutions of Animals: 17 Pop. Sci. My. 619. 



Bugs and Beasts Before the Law: 54 Atl. My. 235; 10 

 Green Bag 540 ; 1 1 id. 33. 



Cats : 3 Green Bag 350. 



A Legal Aviary: 7 Green Bag 182. 



Legal Entomology : 7 Green Bag 323. 



Animals as Ofifenders and as Victims: 21 Alb. L. Jour. 265^ 



Animals Tried in Court: 45 Alb. L. Jour. 31. 



Animal Defamation [i. e., Actions for calling persons by 

 the names of animals] : 9 Green Bag 135 ; 11 id. 43. 



See also, with regard to insects, "Legislation et Jurispru- 

 dence concernant les Insectes Utiles et Nuisibles a 1' Agricul- 

 ture et les Oiseaux Insectivoires," par Georges Viret [Paris,. 

 1896]. 



