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Man's Best Friend, the Dog

Taylor, George B.
Man's Best Friend, the Dog
Excerpt from Man's Best Friend, the Dog: A Treatise Upon the Dog This little work will not treat of the dog, man's dumb friend, as a sporting or a fighting animal, but will dis cuss it as a companion of the human race and a guar dian and ornament of the home. Those who delight in the pugnacity of certain breeds and the cultivators of freak dogs are not friends of the noble animal and have no place here. The author is mindful of Shakespeare's...

CHF 16.90

Life and Times of James B. Taylor (Classic Reprint)

Taylor, George B.
Life and Times of James B. Taylor (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Life and Times of James B. Taylor It is stated by booksellers that in the present age biographies are overlooked and neglected. Well-written lives of great, good, and distinguished men encumber the shelves of publishers, while works of fiction, and indeed most other kinds of books, find a ready sale. If this statement is true - as doubtless it is - the fact is unfortunate for the age. History, it is said, is philosophy teaching b...

CHF 25.90

Mastery and Slavery in Victorian Writing

Taylor, J.
Mastery and Slavery in Victorian Writing
Taking Hegel's famous " Master-Slave Dialectic " as its starting point, this wide-ranging book examines portrayals of masters, slaves and servants in works by Carlyle, Dickens, Eliot, Collins and others. The questions raised about modern mastery and slavery are pursued in relation to intriguing nineteenth-century figures as the American slave-holder, the musician, the demagogue and the Jew.

CHF 135.00

Mastery and Slavery in Victorian Writing

Taylor, J.
Mastery and Slavery in Victorian Writing
Taking Hegel's famous " Master-Slave Dialectic " as its starting point, this wide-ranging book examines portrayals of masters, slaves and servants in works by Carlyle, Dickens, Eliot, Collins and others. The questions raised about modern mastery and slavery are pursued in relation to intriguing nineteenth-century figures as the American slave-holder, the musician, the demagogue and the Jew.

CHF 110.00

Man's Friend, the Dog

Taylor, George B.
Man's Friend, the Dog
First Printed in 1891 and re-printed here, this is a classic treatise on maintaining the welfare of your dog. full of information in chapters as varied as, fitting your dog to the home, poor men's dogs here in England, beware of mongrels as pets, the diet of a home dog, installation of the pet, muzzles, chains and harness, training the home dog, ailments and nostrums, breeding and much more beside. This text has been republished here for its h...

CHF 31.50