The Poodle Prince
When you're studying how search engines and databases work, you stumble across some weird shit when analyzing search results. I found a book review from 1868.
The Poodle-Prince by Edonard Labonlaye. This story is of a young prince who, by the saving transformation of a good genius, has his first lessons in ruling corrected at every stage by a short though generally painful experience, as a dog, of the real nature of the government to which he has succeeded. It is a satire upon centralization in general, but particularly that which prevails in France. The scene is the kingdom of the Gobemouches, simpletons, adjoining that of the Cocqsigrues, fiddle-faddlers, whom the prince is tricked into making war upon, winning the battle of Necedad, and annexing four rather desirable provinces, of which the people "had nothing in common with their conquerors, and even had a standing hatred of them, besides differing in language, religion, and customs."
Yale is the only library with a copy in English, but it's from 1873 and I doubt they'll ILL it to me. I want to find a copy so I can read it!
EDIT: AHA! Victory is mine. Google books has a free pdf!
This version is called "The Spaniel-Prince," not "The Poodle-Prince." Different translation (1895). http://books.google.com/books?id=7XgRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+spaniel-prine&source=bl&ots=UA7Du3ZXAJ&sig=3GqvsyEwujaIZmqLeKNhShcMfn0&hl=en&ei=i9y6S_2uAcWqlAevy6XVBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false
The Poodle-Prince by Edonard Labonlaye. This story is of a young prince who, by the saving transformation of a good genius, has his first lessons in ruling corrected at every stage by a short though generally painful experience, as a dog, of the real nature of the government to which he has succeeded. It is a satire upon centralization in general, but particularly that which prevails in France. The scene is the kingdom of the Gobemouches, simpletons, adjoining that of the Cocqsigrues, fiddle-faddlers, whom the prince is tricked into making war upon, winning the battle of Necedad, and annexing four rather desirable provinces, of which the people "had nothing in common with their conquerors, and even had a standing hatred of them, besides differing in language, religion, and customs."
Yale is the only library with a copy in English, but it's from 1873 and I doubt they'll ILL it to me. I want to find a copy so I can read it!
EDIT: AHA! Victory is mine. Google books has a free pdf!
This version is called "The Spaniel-Prince," not "The Poodle-Prince." Different translation (1895). http://books.google.com/books?id=7XgRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+spaniel-prine&source=bl&ots=UA7Du3ZXAJ&sig=3GqvsyEwujaIZmqLeKNhShcMfn0&hl=en&ei=i9y6S_2uAcWqlAevy6XVBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=&f=false