Today we bring you a spe­cial gift: a free-to-read book about a trav­el­ing chien boule dog and his small Frenchy com­pan­ion. Pub­lished in 1909, the text and illus­tra­tions open a win­dow into a long ago, quite dif­fer­ent world, com­plete with regional dialects, idioms, and some very out-dated notions. Take a close look at the illus­tra­tions and see if you agree; they rep­re­sent how a Toy Bull­dog or a Rose Eared French Bull­dog would have looked in the 1900s. The amount of fuss cre­ated by this char­ac­ter seals the deal for us!

Tag: or, chien boule dog - page 2One of the rea­sons for today’s entry is to cel­e­brate another lit­tle French boy named Tagg, who just hap­pens to be Mandie-Sue’s brother and today is their birth­day. A very snorty birth­day to both!

Now, where can we get some of that cel­e­brated Bull Dog Tea?… Noo York, per­haps? (Gotta read the book…)

Tag; Or, The Chien Boule Dog

Writ­ten by Valance J. Patri­arche and illus­trated by Wal­lace Goldsmith

How to read the book

  • Through the Google eBook­store, you can read the book for free within a browser or down­load it to your tablet or iPad. Click here, or the image right, to begin read­ing for free.
  • The book is also avail­able through Ama­zon, but is not free. The book comes in two forms: one is a newer, print-on-demand book and the other is the orig­i­nal book. So pay close atten­tion to the descrip­tions if you want an orig­i­nal pub­li­ca­tion; look for the used, hard­cover ver­sion. Click the link below to buy the book at Amazon.

 

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