"For the many dog lovers in your life, it’s hard to imagine a more welcome gift. Throughout its 125-year history, the British magazine Country Life has celebrated hunting dogs and working farm dogs, the Queen’s corgis and commoners’ collies alike. This volume features profiles of 70 different breeds, illustrated with winsome photographic portraits, paintings, and images culled from the Country Life archives. Just try to read it without wanting to adopt a dog of your own." — FREDERIC

"FROM THE FIRST issue of Country Life in 1897—when the Princess of Wales posed with her borzoi—to today, dogs have been stitched into the magazine’s very fabric, a constant presence in its pages and in the lives of its readers. Country Life’s Book of Dogs by Agnes Stamp, published by Rizzoli, gathers that long affection into an illustrated tour of Britain’s canine heritage, guided by breed histories, anecdotes, and photographs that range from field to fireside. It follows the Royal Kennel Club’s groupings—hounds, terriers, gundogs, pastoral (herding) dogs, utility, and toys—inviting the reader to wander from otterhounds and pointers to corgis and pugs with the same delight one might feel crossing a country lawn...In his foreword, Royal Kennel Club chairman Tony Allcock underscores the book’s timely purpose: to celebrate beloved companions while shining a light on Britain’s “vulnerable native breeds,” the worthy but overlooked dogs that once worked our fields and guarded our thresholds." — QUEST MAGAZINE