A faded photograph / Willie Morris -- Old dog / Stephen Bodio -- On a spaniel called Beau killing a young bird / William Cowper -- Moses / Walter D. Edmonds -- The care and training of a dog / E. B. White -- Mallard-pool-mutt / Faley Mowat -- Gone wrong / P. G. Wodehouse -- The bloodhounds of Broad way / Damon Runyon -- How to raise a dog / Jack Alan -- Rex / D. H. Lawrence -- A bird like Christmas / Datus C. Proper -- Man's (sportswriter's) best friend / Sparse Grey Hackle -- Every dog should own a man / Corey Ford -- A dog's tale / Mark Twain -- The sword in the stone / T. H. White -- The bear hunt / Abraham Lincoln -- Eagle River / Cary Paulsen -- A conversation with my dogs / Merrill Markoe -- Blue and some other dogs / John Graves -- That Spot / Jack London -- Canine Château / Veronica Geng -- The cover artist / Paul Micou -- Still is the land / Beryl Markham -- Country matters / Vance Bourjaily -- The dog that bit people / James Thurber -- The emissary / Ray Bradbury -- The joy of balls / Peter Mayle -- Garm, a hostage / Rudyard Kipling -- The dog who paid cash / Will Rogers -- "That'll do!" / R. B. Robertson -- Nop and Hope / Donald McCaig -- The boss dog / M. F. K. Fisher -- Montmorency / Jerome K. Jerome -- Walking with a dog / Thomas Mann -- Beth-Gêlert / William Robert Spencer -- My talks with Dean Spanley / Lord Dunsany.