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The world of animals : an anthology of lore, legend, and literature / Joseph Wood Krutch, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals.
- Animals--Folklore.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (541 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London, [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2016.
- Summary:
- Human beings share the earth with many other living creatures and have dealt with them in many different ways. Animals have furnished humans with food, done their work, aroused their curiosity, provided them with "sport," stimulated their sense of beauty, and provoked their wonder. They have also shared affection, when both the human and animal have decided to give it. No less varied or avoidable are the attitudes humans have developed toward these creatures. This collection of writings selected from a vast literature about animals is also about the people who have been inspired to write on that subject. Sometimes consciously and sometimes unconsciously the writer implies an answer to one or more of the questions that any concern with an animal must raise, such as: What is an animal's place in nature? Are they here primarily to serve as a food source? Do they possess inherent rights and privileges? How are they alike or different from humans? The answers to these questions are as varied as the authors. Each narrative description, or exposition contributes something to an over-all picture of human beings' relations with and attitudes toward the animal kingdom. It is a remarkable conclusion, illustrated by Krutch's chronological arrangement within categories, that almost every major attitude and activity that has ever existed concerning animals still exists today even though there has been a drift in certain directions. Although the editor fairly represents the opposing view, his sympathies lie with those for whom the animal world embodies something to be loved and learned from rather than merely to be studied or exploited.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- SECTION ONE PROFILES AND PORTRAITS
- Behemoth THE BOOK OF JOB
- Medieval Lion ANONYMOUS
- The Whale, the Unicorn and the Pussy Cat BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS
- A History of Four-footed Beasts EDWARD TOPSELL
- Little Miss Muffet THOMAS MUFFET
- The Animals Come to Court COMTE DE BUFFON
- The Ivory-billed Woodpecker ALEXANDER WILSON
- A Tenderfoot Meets Some Natives SAMUEL L. CLEMENS
- An American Perfume JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
- Portrait of a Friend HENRY DAVID THOREAU
- No Pride of Ancestry and No Hope of Posterity CLARENCE KING
- A Companion in Solitude JOHN MUIR
- Tomcat Past His Prime COLETTE
- Sea Otters and Civilization ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
- A Modern Primitive ANONYMOUS
- SECTION TWO HUNTERS AND SPORTSMEN
- The Heroes Go Hunting HOMER
- VIRGIL
- Sportsman's Vocabulary DAME JULIANA BERNERS
- The Harmonious Hound GERVASE MARKHAM
- Fisherman's Defense IZAAK WALTON
- Country Squire ANTHONY COOPER
- Sir Roger Spares a Rabbit JOSEPH ADDISON
- The Fox Hunt GEORGE BERKELEY
- Connecticut Wolf Hunt DAVID HUMPHREYS
- The Eskimo and the Seal THOMAS PENNANT
- Poaching as a Way of Life GILBERT WHITE
- The Man in the Coonskin Hat DAVID CROCKETT
- Cockneys Afield CHARLES DICKENS
- Sport on the Plantation JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
- Leviathan HERMAN MELVILLE
- Crocodile Tears PAUL DU CHAILLU
- Slaughter of the Elephant Seal CHARLES M. SGAMMON
- Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright THE HON. JAMES INGLIS
- Shooting Elephants for Fun FREDERICK COURTENEY SELOUS
- Slaughter of the Innocents JOHN BURROUGHS
- Give a Cat a Bad Name ... THEODORE ROOSEVELT
- The Wilds Without Firearms ENOS A. MILLS
- Set a Seal to Catch a Seal VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON
- Mark Twain in Eruption SAMUEL STEVENS HOOD
- Death of a Rabbit WILLIAM F. MC DERMOTT.
- SECTION THREE THE WIDE WIDE WORLD
- Holy Cats HERODOTUS
- Natural History Notes of a Practicing Pirate WILLIAM DAMPIER
- A French View of the Rattlesnake MICHEL DE CRÈVECOEUR
- William Bartram Meets the Alligator WILLIAM BARTRAM
- Humboldt in South America ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
- Why the Sloth Is Slothful CHARLES WATERTON
- The Great Beast of the Plains FRANCIS PARKMAN
- Meditation on a Tortoise HERMAN MELVILLE
- The River and the Jungle HENRY WALTER BATES
- The Old Man of the Woods ALFRED RÜSSEL WALLACE
- The Communist Achievement THOMAS BELT
- Far Away and Long Ago W. H. HUDSON
- Sheep Without Shepherds JOHN MUIR
- SECTION FOUR CRUELTY AND FELLOW FEELING
- Man's Best Friend HOMER
- The Little Brothers of St. Francis ANONYMOUS
- No Pets Permitted WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM
- Mr. Pepys Is Not Amused ANONYMOUS
- SAMUEL PEPYS
- Sweet Reason MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
- Fellow Creature or Machine JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
- Nature's Children All Divide Her Care" JOHN RAY
- An Eighteenth-Century Humanitarian ALEXANDER POPE
- Merry England HARLEIAN MANUSCRIPTS
- WEEKLY JOURNAL
- Cruel Curiosity SAMUEL JOHNSON
- Two Poets WILLIAM COWPER
- CHRISTOPHER SMART
- Sentimental Journey LAURENCE STERNE
- The Bullfight Lingers On CAPTAIN BASIL HALL
- Walden Neighbors HENRY DAVID THOREAU
- Lighter Side of a Philosopher JOHN BOWRING
- The Grass-Lark" LAFCADIO HEARN
- Jungle Pet WILLIAM BEEBE
- A Short Life but a Full One GUSTAV ECKSTEIN
- The Friendly Wolf LOIS CRISLER
- SECTION FIVE LEGENDS, FANTASIES, AND FICTIONS
- Chasser la Nature THE PANCHATANTRA
- The Scandalous Behavior of Zeus LUGIAN
- The Golden Ass LUCIUS APULEIUS
- Preacher's Vade Mecum ANONYMOUS
- The Magpie Who Talked Too Much THE KNIGHT DE LA TOUR LANDRY
- Unnatural History MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
- ROBERT BURTON
- HELEN WADDELL
- A Witch's Familiar JOSEPH ADDISON.
- What Is a Long Life? BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
- Does a Cat Lay Eggs? HESTER LYNCH PIOZZI
- Dangerous Woman THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
- Unhappy Ending ALPHONSE DAUDET
- Why the Coyote Is So Smart STEPHEN POWERS
- By the Great Grey-Green Greasy Limpopo RUDYARD KIPLING
- On Choosing Your Grandfather CLARENCE DAY
- With a Grain of Salt HENRY M OSES
- COLETTE
- SECTION SIX FROM ARISTOTLE TO DARWIN TO?
- The Master of Those Who Know" ARISTOTLE
- The Credulous Roman PLINY THE ELDER
- The Wonders of Instinct MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
- Vulgar Errors SIR THOMAS BROWNE
- John Ray and Two Unsolved Problems JOHN RAY
- A Sage Is Not Impressed
- Darwin's Grandfather Is JAMES BOSWELL
- ERASMUS DARWIN
- Bom Again OLIVER GOLDSMITH
- Poor Relation JAMES BURNETT, LORD MONBODDO
- The Watchmaker and the Watch WILLIAM PALEY
- Charles Darwin Is Puzzled CHARLES DARWIN
- The Darwinian Revolution CHARLES DARWIN
- Not Quite Everyone Was Convinced ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE
- This Simian World RALPH LINTON
- The Rebirth of Wonder LOREN EISELEY
- SECTION SEVEN DESTRUCTION AND CONSERVATION
- And Then There Were None JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
- An Island Eden CHARLES DARWIN
- Progress in Concord HENRY DAVID THOREAU
- Genocide BUFFALO BILL CODY
- One Bird Less on Martha's Vineyard ARTHUR BEETLE HOUGH
- No Use for a Gun JOHN STEINBECK
- How to Become Extinct WILL CUPPY
- How Careful of the Type She Seems . . ." LEWIS WAYNE WALKER
- Conservation Is Not Enough JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH
- SECTION EIGHT HEAD AND HEART
- Reflections on a Tortoise GILBERT WHITE
- New England Birds WILSON FLAGG
- Pigeons on the Grass RICHARD JEFFERIES
- Sociable Hermit JOHN BURROUGHS
- Defenseless but Happy DALLAS LORE SHARP
- The Love Life of the Bee MAURICE MAETERLINCK
- Là Ci Darem La Mano JEAN HENRI FABRE
- The Rapture of the Bird SIR JULIAN HUXLEY
- He Made So Many of Them JOHN KIERAN.
- Jungle Night LOURUS J. AND MARGERY J. MILNE
- The Newest Marvels of the Bee RUTHERFORD PLATT.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-351-47244-5
- 1-351-47245-3
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