Acknowledgements Introduction Note on the text Trixy Appendix A: “Eulogy of the Dog” Speech (1855), by George Graham Vest Appendix B: A Dog’s Tale (1903), by Mark Twain Appendix C: Speech to the Massachusetts Legislation in Favor of Bill to Regulate Vivisection (1902), by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Appendix D: “Tammyshanty” (1908), by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps