Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-11
four-footed companion and was In constant
| terror lest he should lose him

four-footed companion, and was In constant
terror lest he should lose him.
Walter Savage Lander was another lover
or dogs. He had a number Of them-Parfgf.
which followed him in all his trarhps: Gall
lilo. given to him by the sculptor. Story.
whose place was to lie at his feet; and.
most celebrated Of all. Pomero, the little
white Pomeranian dog that was sent to
him from Fieso1e to Bath. where he was
his dog were always together. noticeable
figures wherever they went. and Pomero
was written about and talked about nearly
as much as his master
Mary Russell Milford was surrounded by
dogs from her childhood. To relate her his
tory would be to tell theirs likewise, for
they were inseparable. Their qualities.
troubles and general doings have an i'm
portant place in her letters and they have
tender mention that might lead one to sup
pose them to be human members of the
household. "Ail our pets are WE'LL. is her
usual message in closing, and many of them
come in for special mention, like "Marmion,
and Modoc, and Moss Trooper, the hounds
Maris. with her black and glossy puppies
Miranda from Stratford-on-Avon:" May
flower and Mid and Luffa. from the north
countrie. and Dash. who sends his re-
spects to Mrs. Browning's doves and was
so well beloved by his mistress that when
she was in London homesick she wrote to
her parents. Il am dying for my Dash and
my flowers"
Wordsworth's companion on his morning
rambieS was dog for whose death he sin
cerely mourned and to whose memory he
paid an exquisite tribute in verse.
Ihere have been other famous lovers of
dogs Sir Edwin LandSeer was especially
fond of them, and many of his pets he has
made to live again the immortal canvas
Mrs Browning was greatly attached to a
silken-haired, haZel-eyed spaniel that Miss
Milford gave to her. Flushie lives in lit.
erature as the subject of one of his mis-
tress' tenderest poems.
Goethe hated dogs; his pet was a live
snake. which he kept in chimney corner
a repulsive companion one would think
The pet of Tiberius, the Roman Emperor
was also snake; yet the two men were
wholly unlike in every particular.
Jean Paul Richter's pets We're a mouse a
squirrel and a white spider Hogarth the
painter, was fond of cats. and at his home
at ChiSwick he had garden where he
buried his favorites. placing little tablets
TO mark the spot and distinguish their in
dividual sepulchers.
The cat has been a favorite with num-
Der of Weil-known people. Pope made COM
panions Of several. and he showed the best
SIDE of his character to them. Dryden had
also stately favorite cat, with a temper
as bitter his own pen
Gray, author OF the beautiful "EIegy in a
Country Churchyard," wrote an lode on
the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned in
Tub of Gold Fishes" In this little poem
he bewaiis the fate of the demure and al
most historic Selma Dante made pet OF
large black cat. Theophile Gaut!er had a
white cat of great beauty named Don Pier
rot de Navarro, of which he was extraya-
ganty fond. This animal died of consume
ton. He had a regular physician and was
red on asses milk, but he finally succumbed
and the poet describes his death in moving
terms