Blurb

Here is a captivating gallery of canine portraits by an artist famous for her dog pictures. Both text and illustrations will delight all who appreciate that dogs are creatures of character, for the accomplished Miss Thorne knows her dogs inside and out, psychologically as well as anatomically, and presents them as amusing and very real personalities. The four-legged heroes and heroines of this book range in size, background and individuality all the way from Jules the Husky, son of Chinook, star of the North, to Sally, popular subdeb of aristocratic Boston, celebrated in rotogravure and society pages. There is Queenie, the cocker spaniel, a veritable vamp of a dog who, it was apparent, intended to go through life taking the line of least resistance; Trix, the Scotch terrier, who found people boring; Growler, a foxhound, who had all the earmarks of a Major retired on half-pay. There is Flush, the matinée-idol cocker-spaniel of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," blasé from a surfeit of adulation, who yearns for a touch of nature in place of the tinsel and glamour of the footlights. And there is Rogue, the notoriety-seeking fox-terrier, and Teddy, the lovable bull-terrier, and all the rest. Eight full page etchings are reproduced in this volume, and the text is further enlivened by over one hundred line cuts.