THE BOOK OF CATS.
THE DOCTOR’S PET.
Page 48.
LONDON:
GRIFFITH & FARRAN,
CORNER OF ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD.
MDCCCLXVIII.
THE
BOOK OF CATS.
A Chit-Chat Chronicle
OF
FELINE FACTS AND FANCIES, LEGENDARY, LYRICAL
MEDICAL, MIRTHFUL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
By Charles H. Ross.
WITH
Twenty Illustrations by the Author.
LONDON:
GRIFFITH AND FARRAN,
(SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS),
CORNER OF ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD.
MDCCCLXVIII.
LONDON:
WERTHEIMER, LEA AND CO., PRINTERS, CIRCUS PLACE,
FINSBURY CIRCUS.
NOTICE.
The Author would thankfully receive any well-authenticated anecdotesrespecting Cats, with the view of incorporating them with the work, in theevent of a fresh Edition being called for.
Spring Cottage, Fulham.
November, 1867.
CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Of the reason why this Book was written, and of several sorts of Cats which are not strictly Zoological | 3 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Of some Wicked Stories that have been told about Cats | 15 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Of other Wicked Stories, with a few Words in Defence of the Accused | 35 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Of the Manners and Customs of Cats | 59 |