Excerpt from British Dogs: Their Varieties, History, Characteristics, Breeding, Management and Exhibition, Illustrated With Portraits of Dogs of the Day

When reminded by the Publisher that a dozen or so lines of Preface were needful in introducing British Dogs to the public, the following questions were forcibly presented to my mind First, whether the book should have been written; and, secondly (given the necessity for it)

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