A French poodle won the heart of a fastidious English officer by covering him in mud.

The doorman of a Paris theatre had strict instructions to keep dogs outside, but it was the humans they let in who caused all the trouble.

When a new mother found herself and her kittens on the wrong side of a nasty-looking stream, Twink was there to help.

A loyal dog shows his initiative in recovering his master’s property, though his timing might have been better.

Nothing seemed likely to stop Napoleon Bonaparte from conquering Europe, but one little fellow slowed him up a bit.

Joseph Joachim was regarded by most people in Europe as the greatest violinist ever, but in the home of Sterndale Bennett there was a dissenting voice.