These cartoons were made one by one in moments of leisure to please a small boy. They are now reprinted in the hope of pleasing other small boys and girls. They were originally in color, but for the present purpose they have been made over in black and white by a Japanese artist, who has given them life by occasional quaint touches of his own.
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University, California
January 19, 1912
L'Envoi
I write and paint in doggerel
Though all the Muses shriek and yell!
I go serenely on my way
Not caring what such folks may say!
| Page | |
| Aux Animaux | Frontispiece |
| Prefatory Note | iii |
| L'Envoi | v |
| Eric's Planet | 2 |
| The Caravan | 4 |
| Jack the Rabbit | 6 |
| An Elephant | 8 |
| The 'Potamus | 10 |
| My Crocodile | 12 |
| The Giraffe | 14 |
| A Goat | 16 |
| The 'Possum | 18 |
| Old Sea Catch | 20 |
| Quail | 22 |
| The Ptarmigan | 24 |
| The Pelican | 26 |
| The Man | 28 |
| The Fish | 30 |
| The Lion | 32 |
| Horned Toad | 34 |
| A Hospitable Reptile | 36 |
| A Social Lobster | 38 |
| Cats and Kings | 40 |
| Little Children | 42 |
| Six Kings | 44 |
| An Aspiring Monkey | 46 |
| Old Time Folks | 48 |
| The Wunx | 50 |
| Totem Poles | 52 |
| Organ and Organ Man | 54 |
| In Moonlight | 56 |
| Hunter and Deer | 58 |
| The Gazelle | 60 |
| A Bulldog by the River | 62 |
| The Squidgecumsquees | 64 |
| Road to Mandalay | 66 |
| Mitgard Serpent | 68 |
| Saint Georgeing the Dragon | 70 |
| Flotsam and Jetsam | 72 |
| The Atoll | 74 |
| Storm Wind | 76 |
| Eric in the Dark | 78 |
| Mars' Stars and Pa's | 80 |
| The Porcupine | 82 |
| The Purple Cow | 84 |
| I and Gnu | 86 |
| Bobo | 88 |
| The Lone Salmon | 90 |
| Bean Soup | 92 |
| A Lost Shadow | 94 |
| The Gazibou | 96 |
| In Junglest Africa | 98 |
| Eric Fishing | 100 |
| Eric's Bulldog | 102 |
| The Steering Gear | 104 |
| Brother Knight | 106 |
| My Daddy's Family | 108 |
| Christmas Past | 110 |
| The Last Act | 112 |
| Inca | Tail-piece |