Lola : $b or, The thought and speech of animals

"Lola: or, The Thought and Speech of Animals" by Henny Kindermann is a book from the early 1900s explores the fascinating minds of animals, centered around a clever dog named Lola, who shows amazing skills in math and spelling. It looks closely at how people connect with their pets, especially how dogs can learn and share ideas, suggesting they can actually think and understand things; it starts by talking about earlier studies of animal smarts, mentioning experiments with horses to give context to the author's own work with Lola, who is linked to another well-known intelligent dog. The early chapters discuss how important these studies are for figuring out how animals feel and think, showing Kindermann's excitement about what Lola might teach us about the animal world, mixing scientific questions with a genuine love for animals.