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قراءة كتاب The Book of Cats A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous

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The Book of Cats A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous

The Book of Cats A Chit-chat Chronicle of Feline Facts and Fancies, Legendary, Lyrical, Medical, Mirthful and Miscellaneous

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THE BOOK OF CATS.

 

 

THE DOCTOR’S PET.
Page 48.

 

 

THE BOOK OF CATS BY CHAS. H. ROSS. With Illustrations by the Author

 

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 anecdotes respecting Cats, with the view of incorporating them with the work, in the event 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
 
CHAPTER V.
Of Whittington’s Cat, and another Cat that visited Strange Countries 79
 
CHAPTER VI.
Of various kinds of Cats, Ancient and Modern 91
 
CHAPTER VII.
Of some Clever Cats 111
 
CHAPTER VIII.
Of some amiable Cats, and Cats that have been good Mothers 139
 
CHAPTER IX.
Of Puss in Proverbs, in the Dark Ages, and in the Company of Wicked Old Women 159
 
CHAPTER X.
Of a certain Voracious Cat, some Goblin Cats, Magical Cats, and Cats of Kilkenny 185
 
CHAPTER XI.
Of Pussy poorly, and of some Curiosities of the Cat’s-meat Trade public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@43790@[email protected]#Page_207" class="pginternal"

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