The Learned English Dog

[Dave Monroe]

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Albert Rolls <alprolls at earthlink.net> wrote:

> A century of Birmingham life: or, A chronicle of local events ..., Volume 1 edited by John Alfred Langford
>
> From a giant to a learned dog is perhaps not a very great descent; however, the Birmingham people had the opportunity of making it in 1752. In September we read the following curious description of the capabilities of the "Learned English Dog," then exhibiting in the town:—

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