<p>While nowadays canine fever is all the rage in society and culture, there was a time that dog&nbsp; breeding and dogs shows were an elite and exclusive activity. Vertvolta Press is proud to present this 104 year-old catalog to a new generation of dog-lovers, full of delightfully arcane and obsessive descriptions and articles of&nbsp; what a breed &lsquo;should&rsquo; be.&nbsp;</p><p>But in our more enlightened era we know two things:&nbsp;</p><p>1) mutts are cool too, and 2) they&rsquo;re all good doggos!</p><p>&ldquo;A complete work, profusely illustrated, bearing on the world&rsquo;s different varieties of the dog, grouping under their several nationalities, with descriptive matter explaining the characteristics and utility of each.&rdquo;</p>