Background:

These whimsical Mammal prints are from an 1886 children's natural history series published in the United States.  It features very good chromolithograph colors and accurate representations of the animals portrayed - domestic, small, wild and game - in natural settings.  The preface to the series comments "The pictures have been made its leading feature.  While it makes no pretensions as a text-book, it nevertheless contains a series of life-like pictures of the animal world, that compare favorably in accuracy of detail, with those of a carefully prepared scientific work."