Black Beauty

a story by Anna Sewall. Black Beauty is a horse, and his history is told in autobiographical form. The book has been read widely, and has been influential in securing kind treatment for horses.

The circulation of Black Beauty, in all languages so far as I can estimate (1909), is approximately three million copies. It would be impossible to determine the exact number, as this book has been published by many different firms in many different places. I suppose Mr. Angell put out by far the larger number, probably over two million copies.--Guy Richardson, Editor, Our Dumb Animals.