Chapter C: Kingsley (2)

Green little vaulter in the sunny grass,
Catching your heart up at the feet of June,
Sole voice that's heard amidst the lazy noon,
Whenever the bees lag at the summoning brass;
And you, warm little housekeeper, who class
With those who think the candles come too soon,
Loving the fire, and with your tricksome tune
Nicks the glad silent moments as they pass.

O sweet and tidy cousins, that belong
One to the fields, the other to the hearth,
Both have your sunshine: both, though small, are strong
At your clear hearts; and both seem given to earth
To ring in thoughtful ears this natural song--
Indoors and out, summer and winter, Mirth.

LEIGH HUNT.

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THE HONEY-BEES.

Therefore doth Heaven divide
The state of man in divers functions,
Setting endeavor in continual motion;
To which is fixed, as an aim or butt,
Obedience: for so work the honey-bees;
Creatures, that, by a rule in nature, teach
The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
They have a king and officers of sorts:
Where some, like magistrates, correct at home;
Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings,
Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds;
Which pillage they with merry march bring home
To the tent royal of their emperor:
Who, busied in his majesty, surveys
THE SINGING MASONS BUILDING ROOFS OF GOLD;
The civil citizens kneading up the honey;
The poor mechanic porters crowding in
Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate;
The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum,
Delivering o'er to the executioner's pale
The lazy, yawning drone.

SHAKESPEARE: _Henry V._, Act 1, Sc. 2.

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CUNNING BEE.

Said a little wandering maiden
To a bee with honey laden,
"Bee, at all the flowers you work,
Yet in some does poison lurk."

"That I know, my little maiden,"
Said the bee with honey laden;
"But the poison I forsake,
And the honey only take."

"Cunning bee with honey laden,
That is right," replied the maiden;
"So will I, from all I meet,
Only draw the good and sweet."

ANON.

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AN INSECT.

Only an insect; yet I know
It felt the sunlight's golden glow,
And the sweet morning made it glad
With all the little heart it had.

It saw the shadows move; it knew
The grass-blades glittered, wet with dew;
And gayly o'er the ground it went;
It had its fulness of content.

Some dainty morsel then it spied,
And for the treasure turned aside;
Then, laden with its little spoil,
Back to its nest began to toil.

An insect formed of larger frame,
Called man, along the pathway came.
A ruthless foot aside he thrust,
And ground the beetle in the dust.

Perchance no living being missed
The life that there ceased to exist;
Perchance the passive creature knew
No wrong, nor felt the deed undue;

Yet its small share of life was given
By the same hand that orders heaven.
'Twas for no other power to say,
Or should it go or should it stay.

ANON.

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THE CHIPMUNK.

I know an old couple that lived in a wood--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!
And up in a tree-top their dwelling it stood--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!
The summer it came, and the summer it went--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!
And there they lived on, and they never paid rent--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!

Their parlor was lined with the softest of wool--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!
Their kitchen was warm, and their pantry was full--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!
And four little babies peeped out at the sky--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!
You never saw darlings so pretty and shy--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!

Now winter came on with its frost and its snow--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!
They cared not a bit when they heard the wind blow--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!
For, wrapped in their furs, they all lay down to sleep--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!
But oh, in the spring, how their bright eyes will peep--
Chipperee, chipperee, chip!

UNKNOWN.

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MOUNTAIN AND SQUIRREL.

The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel;
And the former called the latter "Little Prig."
Bun replied,
"You are doubtless very big;
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together
To make up a year
And a sphere;
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I'm not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry.
I'll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel track.
Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;
If I cannot carry forests on my back,
Neither can you crack a nut."

EMERSON.

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TO A FIELD-MOUSE.

Wee sleekit, cow'rin', tim'rous beastie,
Oh, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi' bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin and chase thee
Wi' murd'ring pattle!

I'm truly sorry man's dominion
Has broken nature's social union,
And justifies that ill opinion
Which makes thee startle
At me, thy poor earth-born companion
And fellow-mortal!

Thou saw the fields lay bare and waste
And weary winter comin' fast,
And cozie here, beneath the blast,
Thou thought to dwell,
Till, crash! the cruel coulter past
Out thro' thy cell.

But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane[2]
In proving foresight may be bain:
The best laid schemes o' mice and men
Gang aft a-gley,
And lea'e us nought but grief and vain,
For promised joy.

BURNS.

[2] Not alone.

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A SEA-SHELL.

See what a lovely shell,
Small and pure as a pearl,
Lying close to my foot.
Frail, but a work divine,
Made so fairily well
With delicate spire and whorl.
How exquisitely minute
A miracle of design!

The tiny cell is forlorn,
Void of the little living will
That made it stir on the shore.
Did he stand at the diamond door
Of his house in a rainbow frill?
Did he push when he was uncurled,
A golden foot or a fairy horn
Through his dim water-world?

Slight, to be crushed with a tap
Of my finger-nail on the sand;
Small, but a work divine:
Frail, but of force to withstand,
Year upon year, the shock
Of cataract seas that snap
The three-decker's oaken spine,
Athwart the ledges of rock,
Here on the Breton strand.

ALFRED TENNYSON.

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THE CHAMBERED NAUTILUS.

This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign,
Sails the unshadowed main,--
The venturous bark that flings
On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings
In gulfs enchanted, where the Siren sings,
And coral reefs lie bare,
Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.

Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl;
Wrecked is the ship of pearl!
And every chambered cell,
Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell,
As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell,
Before thee lies revealed,--
Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed!

Year after year beheld the silent toil
That spread his lustrous coil;
Still, as the spiral grew,
He left the past year's dwelling for the new,
Stole with soft steps its shining archway through,
Built up its idle door,
Stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.

Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee,
Child of the wandering sea,
Cast from her lap, forlorn!
From thy dead lips a clearer note is born
Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn!
While on mine ear it rings,
Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings:--

"Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low-vaulted past!
Let each temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven within a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unwresting sea!"

O. W. HOLMES.

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HIAWATHA'S BROTHERS.

When he heard the owls at midnight,
Hooting, laughing in the forest,
"What is that?" he cried in terror;
"What is that?" he said, "Nokomis?"
And the good Nokomis answered:
"That is but the owl and owlet,
Talking in their native language,
Talking, scolding at each other."
Then the little Hiawatha
Learned of every bird its language,
Learned their names and all their secrets,
How they built their nests in Summer,
Where they hid themselves in Winter,
Talked with them whene'er he met them,
Called them "Hiawatha's Chickens."
Of all beasts he learned the language,
Learned their names and all their secrets,
How the beavers built their lodges,
Where the squirrels hid their acorns,
How the reindeer ran so swiftly,
Why the rabbit was so timid,
Talked with them whene'er he met them,
Called them "Hiawatha's Brothers."
Then Iagoo, the great boaster,
He the marvellous story-teller,
He the traveller and the talker,
He the friend of old Nokomis,
Made a bow for Hiawatha;
From a branch of ash he made it,
From an oak-bough made the arrows,
Tipped with flint, and winged with feathers,
And the cord he made of deer-skin.
Then he said to Hiawatha:
"Go, my son, into the forest,
Where the red deer herd together,
Kill for us a famous roebuck,
Kill for us a deer with antlers!"
Forth into the forest straightway
All alone walked Hiawatha
Proudly, with his bow and arrows;
And the birds sang ruffed him, o'er him,
"Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!"
Sang the robin, the Opechee,
Sang the bluebird, the Owaissa,
"Do not shoot us, Hiawatha!"
Up the oak-tree, close beside him,
Sprang the squirrel, Adjidaumo,
In and out among the branches,
Coughed and chattered from the oak-tree,
Laughed, and said between his laughing,
"Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!"
And the rabbit from his pathway
Leaped aside, and at a distance
Sat erect upon his haunches,
Half in fear and half in frolic,
Saying to the little hunter,
"Do not shoot me, Hiawatha!"
But he heeded not, nor heard them,
For his thoughts were with the red deer;
On their tracks his eyes were fastened,
Leading downward to the river,
To the ford across the river,
And as one in slumber walked he.

H. W. LONGFELLOW: _Hiawatha_.

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UNOFFENDING CREATURES.

The Being that is in the clouds and air,
That is in the green leaves among the groves,
Maintains a deep and reverential care
For the unoffending creatures whom he loves.

One lesson, Shepherd, let us two divide,
Taught both by what He shows, and what conceals,
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.

WORDSWORTH.

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SEPTEMBER.

And sooth to say, yon vocal grove
Albeit uninspired by love,
By love untaught to ring,
May well afford to mortal ear
An impulse more profoundly dear
Than music of the spring.

But list! though winter storms be nigh
Unchecked is that soft harmony:
There lives Who can provide,
For all his creatures: and in Him,
Even like the radiant Seraphim,
These choristers confide.

WORDSWORTH.

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THE LARK.

Happy, happy liver,
With a soul as strong as a mountain river,
Pouring out praises to the Almighty Giver.

WORDSWORTH.

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THE SWALLOW.

When weary, weary winter
Hath melted into air,
And April leaf and blossom
Hath clothed the branches bare,
Came round our English dwelling
A voice of summer cheer:
'Twas thine, returning swallow,
The welcome and the dear.

Far on the billowy ocean
A thousand leagues are we,
Yet here, sad hovering o'er our bark,
What is it that we see?
Dear old familiar swallow,
What gladness dost thou bring:
Here rest upon our flowing sail
Thy weary, wandering wing.

MRS. HOWITT.

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RETURNING BIRDS.

Birds, joyous birds of the wandering wing
Whence is it ye come with the flowers of spring?
"We come from the shores of the green old Nile,
From the land where the roses of Sharon smile,
From the palms that wave through the Indian sky,
From the myrrh trees of glowing Araby."

MRS. HEMANS.

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THE BIRDS.

With elegies of love
Make vocal every spray.

CUNNINGHAM.

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THRUSH.

Whither hath the wood thrush flown
From our greenwood bowers?
Wherefore builds he not again
Where the wild thorn flowers?

Bid him come! for on his wings
The sunny year he bringeth,
And the heart unlocks its springs
Wheresoe'er he singeth.

BARRY CORNWALL.

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LINNET.

Within the bush her covert nest
A little linnet fondly prest,
The dew sat chilly on her breast
Sae early in the morning.

She soon shall see her tender brood
The pride, the pleasure o' the wood,
Among the fresh green leaves bedewed,
Awake the early morning.

BURNS.

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NIGHTINGALE.

But thee no wintry skies can harm
Who only needs to sing
To make even January charm
And every season Spring.

COWPER.

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SONGSTERS.

Little feathered songsters of the air
In woodlands tuneful woo and fondly pair.

SAVAGE.

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MOHAMMEDANISM.

THE CATTLE.[3]

The "Chapter of the Cattle:" Heaven is whose,
And whose is earth? Say Allah's, That did choose
On His own might to lay the law of mercy.
He, at the Resurrection, will not lose

One of His own. What falleth, night or day,
Falleth by His Almighty word alway.
Wilt thou have any other Lord than Allah,
Who is not fed, but feedeth all flesh? Say!

For if He visit thee with woe, none makes
The woe to cease save He; and if He takes
Pleasure to send thee pleasure, He is Master
Over all gifts; nor doth His thought forsake

The creatures of the field, nor fowls that fly;
They are "a people" also: "These, too, I
Have set," the Lord saith, "in My book of record;
These shall be gathered to Me by and by."

With Him of all things secret are the keys;
None other hath them, but He hath; and sees
Whatever is in land, or air, or water,
Each bloom that blows, each foam-bell on the seas.

E. ARNOLD: _Pearls of the Faith_.

[3] _Koran_, chap. vi.

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I cannot believe that any creature was created for uncompensated misery; it would be contrary to God's mercy and justice.

MARY SOMERVILLE.

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THE SPIDER AND THE DOVE.

The spider and the dove,--what thing is weak
If Allah makes it strong?
The spider and the dove! if He protect,
Fear thou not foeman's wrong.

From Mecca to Medina fled our Lord,
The horsemen followed fast;
Into a cave to shun their murderous rage,
Mohammed, weary, passed.

Quoth Aba Bekr, "If they see me die!"
Quoth Eba Foheir, "Away!"
The guide Abdallah said, "The sand is deep,
Those footmarks will betray."

Then spake our Lord "We are not four but Five;
He who protects is here.
'Come! Al-Muhaimin' now will blind their eyes;
Enter, and have no fear."

The band drew nigh; one of the Koreish cried,
"Search ye out yonder cleft,
I see the print of sandalled feet which turn
Thither, upon the left!"

But when they drew unto the cavern's mouth,
Lo, at its entering in,
A ring-necked desert-dove sat on her eggs;
The mate cooed soft within.

And right athwart the shadow of the cave
A spider's web was spread;
The creature hung upon her web at watch;
Unbroken was each thread;

"By Thammuz' blood," the unbelievers cried,
"Our toil and time are lost;
Where doves hatch, and the spider spins her snare,
No foot of man hath crossed!"

Thus did a desert bird and spider guard
The blessed Prophet then;
For all things serve their maker and their God
Better than thankless men.

_Pearls of the Faith_.

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THE YOUNG DOVES.

There came before our Lord a certain one
Who said, "O Prophet! as I passed the wood
I heard the voice of youngling doves which cried,
While near the nest their pearl-necked mother cooed.

"Then in my cloth I tied those fledglings twain,
But all the way the mother fluttered nigh;
See! she hath followed hither." Spake our Lord:
"Open thy knotted cloth, and stand thou by."

But when she spied her nestlings, from the palm
Down flew the dove, of peril unafeared,
So she might succor these. "Seest thou not,"
Our Lord said, "how the heart of this poor bird

"Grows by her love, greater than his who rides
Full-face against the spear-blades? Thinkest thou
Such fire divine was kindled to be quenched?
I tell ye nay! Put back upon the bough

"The nest she claimeth thus: I tell ye nay!
From Allah's self cometh this wondrous love:
Yea! And I swear by Him who sent me here,
He is more tender than a nursing dove,

"More pitiful to men than she to these.
Therefore fear God in whatsoe'er ye deal
With the dumb peoples of the wing and hoof."

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_Pearls of the Faith_.

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FORGIVEN.

Verily there are rewards for our doing good to dumb animals, and giving them water to drink. A wicked woman was forgiven who, seeing a dog at a well holding out his tongue from thirst, which was near killing him, took off her boot, and tied it to the end of her garment, and drew water in it for the dog, and gave him to drink; and she was forgiven her sin for that act.

_Table Talk of Mohammed_.

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PRAYERS.

It is recorded of the Prophet, that when, being on a journey, he alighted at any place, he did not say his prayers until he had unsaddled his camel.

POOLE'S _Mohammed_.

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DUMB MOUTHS.

By these dumb mouths be ye forgiven,
Ere ye are heard pleading with heaven.

_Pearls of the Faith_.

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THE PARSEES.

FROM THE ZEND AVESTA.

Of all and every kind of sin which I have committed against the creatures of Ormazd, as stars, moon, sun, and the red-burning fire, the _Dog_, the _Birds_, the other good creatures which are the property of Ormazd, if I have become a sinner against any of these, _I repent_.

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"If a man gives bad food to a shepherd Dog, of what sin is he guilty?"

Ahura Mazda[4] answered:

"It is the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a master of a house of the _first rank_."

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"The dog, I, Ahura Mazda, have made self-clothed and self-shod, watchful, wakeful, and sharp-toothed, born to take his food from man and to watch over man's goods.

"I, Ahura Mazda, have made the dog strong of body against the evil-doer and watchful over your goods, when he is of sound mind."

[4] Ahura Mazda or Ormazd is the King of Light; the Good. The Zend
Avesta is of great but uncertain antiquity; believed to be three
thousand years old.

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HINDOO.

He who, seeking his own happiness, does not punish or kill beings who also long for happiness, will find happiness after death.

_Dhammapada_.

Whoever in this world harms living beings, and in whom there is no compassion for living beings, let one know him as an outcast.

_Sutta Nipata_.

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THE TIGER.

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And, when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand forged thy dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did He smile his work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

WILLIAM BLAKE.

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VALUE OF ANIMALS.

Nobody doubts their general value, as nobody doubts the value of sunlight; but a more practical appreciation may be felt of their moneyed value if we look at that aspect of the question in some of its details.

We quote from a hand-book published for the South Kensington Museum:--

"CLASS I.--_Animal Substances employed for Textile Manufactures and Clothing._ Division I. Wool, Mohair, and Alpaca. Division II. Hair, Bristles, and Whalebone. Division III. Silk. Division IV. Furs. Division V. Feathers, Down, and Quills. Division VI. Gelatin, Skins, and Leathers.

"CLASS II.--_Animal Substances used for Domestic and Ornamental Purposes._ Division I. Bone and Ivory. Division II. Horns and Hoofs. Division III. Tortoise-shell. Division IV. Shells and Marines. Animal Products for Manufacture, Ornaments, etc. Division V. Animal Oils and Fats.

"CLASS III.--_Pigments and Dyes yielded by Animals."_--Division I. Cochineal and Kermes. Division II. Lac and its applications. Division III. Nutgalls, Gall Dyes, Blood, etc. Division IV. Sepia, Tyrian Purple, Purree, etc.

"CLASS IV.--_Animal Substances used in Pharmacy and in Perfumery."_ Division I. Musk, Civet, Castorem, Hyraceum, and Ambergris. Division II. Cantharides, Leeches, etc.

"CLASS V.--_Application of Waste Matters_. Division I. Entrails and Bladders. Division II. Albumen, Casein, etc. Division III. Prussiates of Potash and Chemical Products of Bone, etc. Division IV. Animal Manures--Guano, Coprolites, Animal Carcases, Bones, Fish Manures, etc."

From a table of the value of imports of animal origin brought into the United Kingdom in the year 1875, we take a few items:--

"Live animals, £8,466,226. Wool of various kinds, £23,451,887. Silk, manufactures of all kinds, £12,264,532. Silk, raw and thrown, £3,546,456. Butter, £8,502,084. Cheese, £4,709,508. Eggs, £2,559,860. Bacon and hams, £6,982,470. Hair of various kinds, £1,483,984. Hides, wet and dry, £4,203,371. Hides, tanned or otherwise prepared, £2,814,042. Guano, £1,293,436. Fish, cured or salted, £1,048,546."

The value of the domestic stock in Great Britain and Channel Islands, in 1875, is stated to have been:--

"Horses, 1,349,691 at £16, £21,587,056. Cattle, 6,050,797 at £10, £60,507,970. Sheep, 29,243,790 at £1 10s., £43,865,685. Swine, 2,245,932 at £1 5s., £2,807,415. Total, £128,768,126."

"When we find," says the compiler of the statistics from which we have quoted, "that the figures give an estimated money value exceeding £331,000,000 sterling, and that to this has to be added all the dairy produce; the poultry and their products for Great Britain; the annual clip of British wool, which may be estimated at 160,000,000 lbs., worth at least £8,000,000; the hides and skins, tallow, horns, bones, and other offal, horse and cow hair, woollen rags collected, the game and rabbits, the sea and river fisheries; besides the products of our woollen, leather, glove, silk, soap, and comb manufactures retained for home consumption, furs, brushes, and many other articles, we ought to add a great many millions more to the aggregate value or total."--SIMMONDS: _Animal Products_, p. xix.

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SOCIETIES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

The first society formed under this name, or for this object, was the "Royal," of London, in 1825.

The first in America was that of New York, in 1866; that of Pennsylvania, in 1867; and that of Massachusetts, in 1868.

They all sprang from the same Christian root with the other great voluntary organizations for religious and moral purposes which distinguished the century just passed. All helped to widen the consciousness of the world, and to prepare the way for reformations not then thought of.

In this goodly company of voluntary societies, those for the Protection of Animals are entitled to an honorable place. It is not too much to say that any list would be incomplete without them.

But they have gone beyond Europe and America, and are spreading over the world. Among their devoted members are found the professors of many religions.

These "Voices," it is hoped, may impel their readers, wherever they may be, to help on, through such Societies, a long delayed work of justice to the humbler creatures of God. In many countries the young may find juvenile societies to promote the cause in schools and neighborhoods.

But whether inside or outside of organizations, the words of Mr. Longfellow suggest a universal duty,--

"Act, act in the living present,
Hearts within and God o'erhead."

INDEX OF SUBJECTS AND TITLES.

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Achilles, Horses of Action Ahura-Mazda Aix, Good News to Alexander Allah Among the Noblest Ancient Mariner Animals and Human Speech Animals, Feeling for Animals, Happiness Animals, Innocent Animals, Products Animals, Suffering Another's Sorrow Arabs Argus and Ulysses Aspiration Asoka Inscriptions Atri in Abruzzo Aziola

Baby, Human Bavieca Bay Billy Beaver Bedouin's Rebuke Bees, The Beetle Beggar and Dog Be Kind Bess, Poor Bible Bird and Ship Bird King Bird, Lost Bird of the Wilderness Birds Birds and Mohammed Birds at Dawn Bird's Evening Song Birds In Spring Birds Learning to Fly Birds Let Loose Bird's Ministry Birds Must Know Birds, Our Teachers Birds Returning Birds, Shadows of Birthday Address Birth of the Horse Blanco Bloodhound Bluebird Bob-o'-link Bride Brotherhood Buddhism Butrago, Lord of

Cage Canary Can they Suffer? Cat Care for the Lowest Chick-a-dee-dee Child, Lydia Maria Chipmunk Choir, Hymeneal Choir, Invisible Cid and Bavieca Cock's Shrill Clarion Compassion Concord Cormorant Crane Cricket Crow Cruelty, Effect of, on Man Cuckoo

Damascus Darwin, Charles Delft Dog Dog "Blanco" Dog "Don" Dog "Flight" Dogs, Dead Dogs, Domestic Dogs, Epitaph on Dogs "Faithful" Dog's Grave Doves Do with your Own Do you Know? Drudge Ducks Dumb Dumb Mouths Duty Duty and Fame Dying in Harness

Eagle Eggs Egyptian Ritual Elegy Elephants Emperor's Bird's-Nest Epitaph Erskine, Lord Exulting Sings

Failures Fame and Duty Feathered Tribes Feeling for Animals Field Sparrow Fire Firmness and Faithfulness Foray, The Freedom to Beasts Friend of every Friendless Beast Friends Future, The

Gamarra Geist's Grave Gelert Generosity Gentleness Giant's Strength Glow-Worm God's Children Good News to Aix Good Samaritan Good Will Grasshoppers Graves, Collins, Ride of Grey Friars' Bobby Growth of Humane Ideas Gulls

Happiness of Animals Hare Harness, Dying in Harper, The Heart Service Helvellyn Hen and Honey Bee Herbert, George Herod, my Hound Heroes Herons of Elmwood Hiawatha's Brothers Hill-Star's Nest Hippopotamus Honor and Revere Horse. See _Rides_. Horse Horse, Birth of Horse, Blood Horse, Fallen Horse of Achilles Horse Waiting for Master Horse, War Hound Howard, John Hindoo Poem Hindooism Humanity Humming-Bird Hundred Farms Hymns

Immortality India Indian In Holy Books Inscriptions Insect Instinct Introduction Irish Wolf-Hound

Jay June Day Justice

Killingworth, Birds of Kindness Kindness to Aged Creatures King of Denmark's Ride Kites

L'Allegro Lamb Lark Lark (Sky) Lark (Wood) Leaders Learn from the Creatures Legend of Cross-Bill Lexington Life is Glad Lincoln, Robert of Linnet Little Brown Bird Little by Little Living Swan Llewellyn and Gelert Looking for Pearls Lord of Butrago Lost Love Loyalty

Magpie Man's Morality on Trial Man's Rule Man's Supremacy Marriage Feast Martin Mausoleum Measureless Gulfs Mercy Misery Monkey Moral Lessons Mother's Care Mountain and Squirrel Mouse, A Field Myth

Nautilus Natural Rights Nature, Animated Nature's Teachings Nest Newfoundland Dog Newsboy Nightingale Nobility No Ceremony No Grain of Sand Non-interference Not born for Death Not Contempt Nothing Alone

Odyssey Old Mill Old Spaniel One Hundred Years Ago Open Sky Oriole Our Pets Owl Ox

Pain to Animals Papers Parrots Parsees Peacock Peepul Tree Pegasus in Pound Persevere Petrel, Stormy Pets, Our Pheasant Phoebe Piccola Pity Plutarch Poor Dog Tray Prayers Pretty Birds Pussy

Quail Questions Quit the Nest

Reason Returning Birds Ride of Collins Graves Ride of King of Denmark Ride of Paul Revere Ride of Sheridan Ride of "The Colonel" Ride to Aix Rights Must Win Rights, Natural Ring Out Robins Roland Rooks Room Enough Rover

Sake of the Animals Sand, No Grain of Sandpiper Scarecrow Sea-Fowl Sea Shell September Shadows of Birds Shaftesbury, Earl of Shag Sheep Shepherd's Home She-Wolf Ship of Pearl Siddârtha Sin Six Feet Skylark Societies for Protection of Animals Solitude Songs Sorrow Sounds and Songs Sparrow Spider Squirrel Statue over the Cathedral Door St. Francis Stole the Eggs Stole the Nest Stork Study of Animals Suffer, Can they? Suffering Sultan Swallow Swan Sympathy

Tame Animals Teeth of Dog Tenderness Te whit, te who Texts. See _Bible_. Thrush Tiger Tiger Moth Tom Tramp Trotwood, Betsy Troubadour Trust Truth

Ulysses Upward

Value of Animals to Man Venice, Doves of Village Sounds Vireos Virtue Vision Vivisection Vogelweid, Walter von der

Waiting for Master War-Horse Waterfowl Way to Sing Wedding Guest Wedding, The Fairy What the Birds Say Whippoorwill Who Stole the Bird's Eggs? Who Stole the Bird's Nest? Who Taught? William of Orange Williamsburg Winchester Wish, A Wolf Wolf-Hound Wood Lark Wood Pigeons Workman of God Worm Worm Turns, The Wren

Yudhistthira

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INDEX OF AUTHORS.

Akenside, Mark Alger's Oriental Poetry Amicis, de E. Andros, R. S. Anonymous. See _Unknown._ Aristotle Arnold, Edwin Arnold, Matthew Asoka, Emperor

Barbauld, Mrs. Bates, Mrs. C. D. Bentham, Jeremy Berry, Mrs. C. F. Bible Blackie, Professor Blake, William Blanchard, Laman Bostwick, Helen B. Bremer, Frederika Bright, John Brine, Mary D. Brooks, Rev. C. T. Brougham, John Browning, Mrs. E. B. Browning, Robert Bryant, W. C. Buddhism. See _Hindoo_. Burns, Robert Butler, Bishop Byron, Lord

Caird, Rev. Dr. Californian Campbell, Thomas Carlyle, Mrs. Thomas Carpenter, Rev. H. B. Carpenter, Rev. J. E. Chamber's Journal Chamisso Child's Book of Poetry Cincinnati Humane Appeal Clayton, Sir Robert Clough, Arthur H. Cobbe, Miss F. P. Coleridge, Hartley Coleridge, S. T. Corbett, E. T. Cornwall, Barry Cowper, William Craik, Mrs. Dinah M. Cunningham, Allen Cuvier, Baron

Davids, T. W. R. Dickens, Charles Dryden, John

Egyptian Ritual Eliot, George Emerson, R. W.

Faber, F. W. Fields, James T.

Gassaway, F. H. Gisborne, Thomas Goethe Goldsmith, O. Gray

H. H. Hathaway, E. Hedge, Rev. Dr. F. H. Helps, Arthur Hemans, Mrs. Herbert, George Hindoo Hogg, James Holland, J. G. Holmes, O. W. Homer Howitt, Mary Humane Journal Hunt, Leigh Hymns for Mothers

Ingelow, Jean

Jackson, Mrs. See _H. H._ Job Johnson, Laura W.

Keats, John Keble, J. Kingsley, Charles

Lamb, Charles and Mary Langhorne, J. Larcom, Lucy Lathbury, Mary A. Lawrence, Kate Lewes, Mrs. See _George Elliot._ Lillie, Arthur Lockhart, J. G. Logan, John Longfellow, H. W. Lord, Miss Emily B. Lowell, James R. Lowell, Maria Luther, Martin

Mahabhàrata Mackenzie MacCarthy, Denis F. Mason, Caroline A. Masque of Poets McLeod, Norman Mill, John Stuart Milton, John Mohammed Moore, Thomas Motley, J. L. Müller, Max Muloch. See _Mrs. Dinah M. Craik._

Norton, Mrs. C. E.

Odyssey O'Reilly, John Boyle

Paine, Miss Harriet E. Parseeism Perry, Carolina Coronado de Pfeiffer, Emily Plutarch Poole, Stanley Pope, Alexander Preston, Margaret J. Procter. See _Barry Cornwall._ Punch

Read, T. B. Ruskin, John

Savage, Richard Saxe, John G. Schiller Scott, Walter Scudder, Eliza Shakespeare, W. Shelley, P. B. Shenstone, W. Sheppard, Mary. Simmonds Somerville, Mary Southey, Robert Spenser, W. R. Stanley, A. P. Sterling, John Swing, David

Taylor, Bayard Taylor, Emily Taylor, Henry Temple Bar Tennyson, Alfred Thaxter, Mrs. Celia

Unknown

Verplanck, Julia C.

Walton, Izaak Whittier, J. G. Wilcox Wither, George Woolson, C. F. Wordsworth, W.

Zend Avesta