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Books in the Nature - Mammals genre:

The Biography of a Grizzly (1900)

The biography of a grizzly bear. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

The Animal Story Book (1901)

One of twenty volumes of the Young Folks’ Library, Thomas Bailey Aldrich editor-in-chief. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Lives of the Hunted (1901)

The life-stories of five wild animals. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Pictures of Wild Animals (1901)

A portfolio of twelve animal prints.

Author(s): Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s): Ernest Seton Thompson

The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901)

This is the first privately-printed edition with black-and-white only illustrations. Read online at wikisource.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Krag and Johnny Bear (1902)

Stories from Lives of the Hunted including Krag, Randy, Johnny Bear and Chink. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)

There were two bindings for the first edition of this classic story of a bad little bunny. Later printings had fewer illustrations. Read online at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg. Or at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

The Log of a Cowboy (1903)

A history of the cattle drives north from Texas after the Civil War. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Andy Adams
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903)

Squirrel Nutkin tempts the old owl once too often and pays the price with the loss of his tail. The island where the squirrels collect nuts is similar to Wildcat Island. Read online at Internet Archive. Or at wikisource. Or at Hathitrust. Or at Guten... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Two Little Savages: Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived as Indians and What They Learned (1903)

This story of two boys who ‘took to the woods’ and lived as Indians for a summer was written by one of the founders of the Boy Scouts and much of it found its way into the Boy Scout Handbook. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

A Dog’s Tale (1904)

The story of a pet dog who is cruelly mistreated by her master who subsequently kills her puppy in a scientific “experiment.” Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): W. T. Smedley

Monarch, The Big Bear of Tallac (1904)

The fictionalized life of a grizzly bear, who ends in captivity at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904)

Peter Rabbit returns to the scene of his previous adventures to retrieve his clothes and almost comes to grief again. Read online at wikisource. Or at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Animal Heroes (1905)

A collection of eight animal biographies based on real individuals, including a cat, a dog, a pigeon, a lynx, two wolves and a reindeer. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905)

Lucie has lost three handkerchiefs and a pinafore, but finds Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle has carefully laundered and starched them for her. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Prairie-Dog Town (1906)

Twinkle and Chubbins pay a visit to a prairie-dog town.

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit (1906)

The fierce bad rabbit steals a carrot from the good little rabbit, and as he eats it, is shot by a hunter and loses his tail and the carrot. This is the original panorama format.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

A Horse’s Tale (1907)

Twain could do sentiment - and bathos - none better, as he shows here. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock

The Natural History of the Ten Commandments (1907)

The author finds that the animal kingdom respects the natural law. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): None

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