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"Wee Tim'rous Beasties", by Douglas English
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Title: "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character
Author: Douglas English
Release Date: July 24, 2007 [EBook #22129]
Language: English
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"WEE TIM'ROUS BEASTIES"
[Illustration: THE BLACK RAT SAT BACK ON HIS HAUNCHES, PRICKED UP HIS EARS, AND LISTENED.]
"WEE TIM'ROUS BEASTIES"
STUDIES OF ANIMAL LIFE AND CHARACTER
BY DOUGLAS ENGLISH
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AUTHOR OF "PHOTOGRAPHY FOR NATURALISTS"
SECOND EDITION
WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS FROM HIS PHOTOGRAPHS OF LIVING CREATURES
LONDON S. H. BOUSFIELD & CO., LTD 12, PORTUGAL STREET, W.C.
TO MY DEAR CHILDREN BRYAN AND WINNIE
PREFACE
For permission to include in this volume "The Awakening of the Dormouse," "The Purple Emperor," "The Harvest Mouse," and "The Trivial Fortunes of Molge," I have to thank the Editor of the Girl's Realm, and for "The Story of a Field Vole," and "The Passing of the Black Rat," I am indebted to the courtesy of t