Beautiful Joe an Autobiography
By Marshall Saunders
With an Introduction
By Hezekiah Butterworth
Of Youth's Companion
Philadelphia

To
George Thorndike Angell
President of the American Humane Education Society
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to Animals, and the Parent
American Band of Mercy
19 Milk St., Boston. 
This Book Is Respectfully Dedicated
By the Author

PREFACE

BEAUTIFUL JOE is a real dog, and "Beautiful Joe" is his real
name.  He belonged during the first part of his life to a cruel
master, who mutilated him in the manner described in the story. 
He was rescued from him, and is now living in a happy home with
pleasant surroundings, and enjoys a wide local celebrity.

The character of Laura is drawn from life, and to the smallest
detail is truthfully depicted.  The Morris family has its counterparts
in real life, and nearly all of the incidents of the story are founded
on fact.

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