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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 the Editor of _Pearson's Magazine_.

DOUGLAS ENGLISH.

HAWLEY,
DARTFORD,
_September, 1903_.

CONTENTS

MUS RIDICULUS 1

THE STORY OF A FIELD VOLE 28

THE APOLOGY OF THE HOUSE SPARROW 48

THE AWAKENING OF THE DORMOUSE 66

THE PURPLE EMPEROR 88

THE HARVEST MOUSE