Excerpt from Beautiful Joe's Paradise, or the Island of Brotherly Love: A Sequel to 'Beautiful Joe' Favourite Joe the hero of this paradise. Almost shocked at the idea of trading, as it were, on the popularity of the dear old animal, I said, firmly, I can not do that. I shall never bring Joe into another story. However, last autumn, when in great grief over the death of a beloved dog, my mind turned stronglyto my animal story, old Joe was ever before me. He, and only he, was suited to preside over the happy republic where the animals found themselves after death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.