Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index.
Contents
Animals and their names -- Generic names -- Descriptive names -- Incident names -- Link names -- Group names -- Pedigree and show names -- Horse and hound names -- Farm animals -- Famous real animals -- Animals of myth, legend and cartoon -- Animals in fiction -- Breed names -- Hound names -- Literary listings -- Hounds of Actaeon -- Animals in Scott -- Hounds in Surtees -- Horses in Surtees -- Animals in Dickens -- Animals in Dostoyevsky -- Animals in Beatrix Potter -- Animals in Saki -- Animals in Wodehouse -- Zoo names -- Celebrity pets -- Movie titles including animal names.
