Chapter I: Part I: Introduction

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ANIMALS • 1

RESUMÉ OF PROCEEDINGS • 4

HISTORY OF A HARE • 13

THE FLIGHT OF A PARISIAN BIRD IN SEARCH OF BETTER GOVERNMENT • 35

LIFE AND PHILOSOPHICAL OPINIONS OF A PENGUIN • 56

THE LAST WORDS OF AN EPHEMERA • 75

THE SORROWS OF AN OLD TOAD • 77

THE THEATRICAL CRITIC • 88

THE PHILOSOPHIC RAT • 98

THE SUFFERINGS OF A BEETLE • 108

A FOX IN A TRAP • 126

TEXT-BOOK FOR THE GUIDANCE OF ANIMALS STUDYING FOR HONOURS • 138

THE INCONSISTENCIES OF A GREYHOUND • 149

TOPAZ THE PORTRAIT-PAINTER • 162

JOURNEY OF AN AFRICAN LION TO PARIS • 175

ADVENTURES OF A BUTTERFLY • 188

THE MISFORTUNES OF A CROCODILE • 200

THE FUNERAL ORATION OF A SILKWORM • 206