Table of Contents
Introduction: "A Chronic Perplexity" xi
A Note to the Reader xx
E. B. White: A Timeline xxiii
Dog's Life (beagle) 1
Cod-Liver Oil (Daisy) 2
Arrested for the Sins of Daisy 3
Anti-Muzzle Agitation 4
Letter [from Daisy] to Katharine S. White, 1930 5
Kicked Out of Schrafft's (Daisy) 8
Dog Around the Block (poem) 9
Interview with Daisy 10
Letter to Katharine S. White, 1931 (Daisy) 12
Obituary (Daisy) 14
Letter to Katharine S. White, 1933 (Daisy) 15
Dog Eat Dog 16
Dog Show: The Scottish Terrier 17
Letter to Alexander Woolcott, 1934 18
In the Clutches of an Irish Terrier 19
Dog Show: A New Showmanship 20
Tick-Hunting 21
The Span, the Tandem, the Four-in-Hand 21
Canine Catering Company 22
Hawthorne Hounds 23
Vogue on Dogs 25
Letter to Katharine S. White, 1936 (Tunney and Fred) 26
The Dog Has Had His Day 28
Winter Show (Sled Dogs) 32
Worms? 34
Dogs Are More Forthright 34
Letter to Charles G. Muller, 1937 (Tunney) 35
Letter to James Thurber, 1937 (Moses) 37
Fashions in Dogs (poem) 41
Letter to Gluyas Williams, 1938 43
Letter to Ik Shuman, 1938 (Zeke) 45
Letter to H. K. Rigg, 1938, (Zeke) 46
Letter to James Thurber, November 1938 (Zeke) 48
Letter to Frank Sullivan, 1938 54
A Boston Terrier 57
Letter to Clara White Wyvell, 1940 60
Letter to Joel White, 1940 61
Wartime Dachshunds (Minnie and Fred) 63
Dog Training 64
Letter to Katharine S. White, 1941 (Fred) 69
Hunting Dogs 70
Abercrombie's Dog Catalogue 76
A Week in November, 1942 (Fred) 78
Letter to Stanley Hart White, 1944 (Chloe) 85
Letter to Stanley Hart White, 1946 87
Dog Show Obedience Contest 89
Death of a Pig (Fred) 89
The Liberal View 100
Card of Thanks (poem) 103
Letter to Stanley Hart White, 1949 (Fred) 103
Letter to Katharine S. White, 1949 (Minnie) 105
Architects and Dachshunds 106
The Distant Music of the Hounds 108
Letter to H. K. Rigg, 3950 (Fred and Minnie) 110
Katharine and Andy White's Christmas Card, 1950 111
Letter to Lewis Reynolds, 1951 (Fred) 112
Two Letters, Both Open (Minnie and Fred) 112
Night Chill (Dachshunds) 118
Letter to Ursula Nordstrom, 1954 (Minnie) 120
Robbed While Walking a Dachshund 121
Bedfellows (Fred) 121
Letter to Lorlyn L. Thatcher, 1956 (Fred) 134
A Report in Spring 136
Letter to Katharine S. White, 1957 (August) 139
Dogs in Space 141
Fred on Space 141
Letter to Gardner Botsford, 1957 (August) 147
Khrushchev and I (A Study in Similarities) 149
Was Lifted by Ears as Boy, No Harm Done 156
Letter to Carol and Roger Angell, 1967 (Maggie and Jones) 158
Letter to Frank Sullivan, 1967 (Maggie) 162
Letter to Martha White, 1969 (Jones) 164
Letter to Carol Angell, 1969 (Maggie) 165
Letter to Carol Angell, 1970 (Jones and Susy) 167
Letter to Martha White, 1973 (Susy) 169
Letter to Philip Hewes, 1974 (Jones) 171
Letter to Jon and Cindy Stableford, 1978 (Jones) 172
Letter to Mrs. Susan (Lovenburg) Robinson, 1984 (Red) 173
Letter to Henry -, 1984 (Mac) 176