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Dogs Genre

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Books in the Dogs genre:

The Adventures of Puffy (1870)

A fluffy white Maltese dog gets into no end of trouble. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Keeper’s Travels in Search of His Master (1872)

Much animal cruelty is depicted in this story of a stray dog. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Edward Augustus Kendall
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)

A comic poem on the subject of man bites dog. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Beautiful Joe an Autobiography (1893)

The autobiography of a dog, who was cruelly abused, then rescued by a loving family. It was the first Canadian book to sell over a million copies.

Author(s): Marshall Saunders
Illustrator(s): Photographs

The Animal Story Book (1896)

Here are 66 illustrated tales, mostly true, about creatures of land, sea, and air. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
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Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

Sporting Society or Sporting Chat and Sporting Memories (1897)

A two-volume work with some of Randolph Caldecott’s illustrations in each volume. Read online at HathiTrust: Volume 1 and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Bob Son of Battle (1898)

Two sheep farmers and their sheepdogs engage in a years-long battle to prove their superiority in handling sheep with the son of one caught between. Published in the U.K. under the title Owd Bob: The Grey Dog of Kenmuir. ... View More

Author(s): Alfred Ollivant
Illustrator(s): Marguerite Kirmse

Pussy and Doggy Tales (1899)

A baker's dozen tales of cats and dogs. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): L. Kemp-Welch

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

Whirled away on a cyclone, Dorothy is set down in the Land of Oz and must find her way home with the help of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a pair of ruby slippers. Read for free online at the Library of Congress. For a faster download go to: Hathit... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

Faithful Friends (1902)

A collection of stories and pictures, which was frequently reprinted. This appears to be the first edition.

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

The Story of the Five Rebellious Dolls (1904)

The five dolls escape from their owner, Eva, to have their own adventures.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): E. Stuart Hardy

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 Pie and the Patty-Pan (1905)

Ribby the cat invites Dutchess the Pomeranian to a tea party. Read online at wikisource.

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

Pug Peter (1905)

Pug Peter runs away to Animal-Land where, while he is searching for Doggiland, he finds himself made king of Mousiland.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): John Hassall
Harry Rountree

Tales and Talks About Animals (1907)

A collection of simple stories with colored pictures by several different hands.

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908)

Jemima is looking for a place to hide her nest and a cunning fox offers her his shed and bids fair to eat her until Kep the farm dog intervenes. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource.... View More

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

That Pup (1908)

Murchison has a dog he wants to get rid of. The true story of Fluff, ‘that pup of Murchison’s.’ Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): F. Strothmann

Ginger and Pickles (1909)

A cat and a terrier set up a grocery store, but they give unlimited credit to their customers and soon have to file for bankruptcy. Read online at wikisource.... View More

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

Faithful Friends (1913)

A collection of stories and pictures, which was frequently reprinted. This later edition had better illustrations.

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