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Excerpt from Rabbits, Cats and Cavies: Descriptive Sketches of All Recognised Exhibition Varieties With Many Original Anecdotes Having been from his earliest remembrance a lover and fancier of many kinds of pet animals, the subjects treated of in these pages have been the most numerous and perhaps excepting dogs only, by far the most interesting, in the writer's possession. As in the several capacities of breeder, exhibitor and occasional judge, great numbers of these little animals have come under the writer's notice, some detailed descriptions of the several varieties with particulars of the standards of perfection to be aimed at by breeders may be useful to the increasing number of persons of both sexes, and in all ranks of life, forming the exhibiting public. For this purpose the writer has drawn upon a life-long experience, introducing many original and other anecdotes which may be of interest to his readers. The illustrations have all been made specially from life studies for this work, and executed by a skilful and sympathetic artist, who is fortunately also a fancier, and has taken the keenest interest in the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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