David Starr Jordan 
Eric’s Book of Beasts [PDF ebook] 

Done In Water-Colors And Accompanied With Appropriate Jingles
These cartoons were made one by one in moments of leisure to please a small boy. They are now reprinted in the hope of pleasing other small boys and girls. They were originally in color, but for the present purpose they have been made over in black and white by a Japanese artist, who has given them life by occasional quaint touches of his own.