CONTENTS.PART I.Introduction—International Congress of Animals •1Resumé of Proceedings •4History of a Hare •13The Flight of a Parisian Bird in Search of Better Government •35Life and Philosophical Opinions of a Penguin •56The Last Words of an Ephemera •75The Sorrows of an Old Toad •77The Theatrical Critic •88The Philosophic Rat •98The Sufferings of a Beetle •108A Fox in a Trap •126Text-book for the Guidance of Animals Studying for Honours •138The Inconsistencies of a Greyhound •149Topaz the Portrait-painter •162Journey of an African Lion to Paris •175Adventures of a Butterfly •188The Misfortunes of a Crocodile •200The Funeral Oration of a Silkworm •206PART II.Daily Bulletin of Events •213History of a White Blackbird •239The Queen’s Husband •262The Loves of Two Insects •268The Love Adventures of a French Cat •282Celebrated Trials •296The Bear; or, a Letter from the Mountains •309The Seventh Heaven •318Letters from a Swallow to a Canary •327Medical Animals •344The Giraffe’s Tablets •353The Croakings of a Crow •361Souvenirs of an Old Rook—Summary •367An Old Castle •371The Duke and Duchess •373An Old Falcon •375What Animates the Heart of a Chameleon •377History of the Hosts of the Terrace •380Last Chapter •384