The Hound of Florence

Cover of the American edition.
AuthorFelix Salten
Original titleDer Hund von Florenz
TranslatorHuntley Paterson
IllustratorKurt Wiese
LanguageGerman
Genrenovel
PublisherSimon and Schuster
Publication date
1923
Publication placeAustria
Published in English
1930
Pages237
OCLC1826868

The Hound of Florence: A Novel (German: Der Hund von Florenz) is a 1923 novel written by Felix Salten. It is best known today for partly inspiring the 1959 Walt Disney Productions film The Shaggy Dog as well as its sequels and remakes. The novel was first translated into English in 1930 by Huntley Paterson, and the translation has illustrations by Kurt Wiese.