Publication

1983 - Wings Books, New York

Language

English

Word Count

85,250 words, Guess

Page Count

341 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC808.8036
  • LCCPN6071.C3P47 1983
  • DDC636.88
and 2 more
  • DDC808.8*
  • LCCQL795.C2 A9

Description

Anthology contains: THE COURAGEOUS CAT The Ninth Life by Mazo de la Roche THE GENTLE CAT Minna Minna Mowbray by Michael Joseph THE MATERNAL CAT Jennie's Lessons to Peter on How to Behave Like a Cat by Paul Gallico THE DISILLUSIONED CAT Love Adventures of a French Cat by P-J. Stahl THE CLAIRVOYANT CAT The Cat That Was Fey by Arthur Stanley Riggs THE CRIMINAL CAT Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T. S. Eliot THE DEAF CAT Little White King by Marguerite Steen THE DEMURE CAT Sentimentalities by Colette THE LONELY CAT The Best Bed by Sylvia Townsend Warner THE CRAZY CAT Danger—Crazy Cats by Murray Robinson THE BRAVE CAT The Fat Cat by Q. Patrick THE GAY CAT The Song of Mehitabel by don marquis THE HAPPY CAT Lives of Two Cats by Pierre Loti THE PLAYFUL CAT The Kitten by J oanna Baillie THE INDEPENDENT CAT The Cat That Walked By Himself by Rudyard Kipling THE CAPRICIOUS CAT The Cat's Behavior in Two Worlds by Frances and Richard Lockridge THE UNFORTUNATE CAT On the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes by Thomas Gray THE MURDEROUS CAT The Piebald Devil by Svend Fleuron THE WORLDLY-WISE CAT Songs of the Tom-Cat Hiddigeigei by Joseph Victor Von Scheffel THE OUTSPOKEN CAT Tobermory by Saki (H. H. Munro) THE RECUMBENT CAT The Retired Cat by William Cowper THE CONTEMPTUOUS CAT Agrippina by Agnes Repplier THE GOURMET CAT I-lodge, The Cat by Susan Coolidge THE COURTING CAT James Goes Serenading by Jennie Laird THE SYMPATHETIC CAT Birl Forms a Friendship by Alexander M. Frey THE PROVIDENT CAT The Cat by Mary E. Wilkins THE DIVERSIFIED CAT How a Cat Was Annoyed and a Poet Bcx)ted by Guy Wetmore Carryl THE VEGETARIAN CAT The Long-Cat by Colette THE CRITICAL car Tut as a Music Critic by John Hosford Hickey and Priscilla Beach THE WELL-BEHAVED CAT Grisette Dines by Antoinette Deshouli&es THE PROLIFIC CAT The Immortal Cat by Karel Capek THE SINNING CAT This Muff of Fur by Mildred R. Howland THE PERFECT CAT Calvin by Charles Dudley Warner THE DISCONTENTED CAT The Paradise of Cats by Emile Zola THE ABSENT CAT The Cats by Adriamt Morrién THE SOCIETY CAT Park Avenue Cat by Frances Frost THE PRODIGAL CAT Nellie and Tom by Marvin R. Clark THE PERSECUTED CAT Felissa—A Kitten of Sentiment, Anonymous THE GRINNING CAT Alice and the Cheshire Cat by Lewis Carroll THE CLEVER CAT Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault THE LOVING CAT Hurrli, Bold, Proud, and Amiable Master of the Elk House by Paul Eipper THE ARROGANT CAT My Lord's Motoring by Vincent Starrett THE SELF-SUPPORTING CAT The Mysterious Ra by Margaret Benson THE TRAVELING CAT Cat's Cruise by Mazo de la Roche

Description

All fans of felines will find immense pleasure in perusing this rich anthology of stories, essays, and poems about cats. Here every facet of a cat's personality is explored by such noted authors as Rudyard Kipling, Colette, Lewis Carroll, Thomas Gray, and T.S. Eliot. Complementing these delightful sketches of a cat's life are illustrations from the works of such famous artists as Picasso, Goya, and Manet. The range of the writing collected here is as varied as the personality of the cat itself. In this fascinating gallery of feline personalities, the delighted reader will find independent cats, loyal cats, mysterious cats, loving cats, brave cats, and crazy cats. Here you will find T.S. Eliot's criminal cat, Macavity,w ho has broken every human law--even the law of gravity. (You may have seen Macavity step off these pages as the star of the Broadway play Cats.) Here you will find another clever and famous feline, Puss in Boots. The Ninth Life is a heart-warming story of one cat who, in spite of overwhelming obstacles, finds her way home after being left behind by her owners at their summer retreat. And The Best Bed is a touching tale of a cold, bedraggled cat who finds warmth and shelter in a manger scene inside a church. You will also find Thomas Gray's classic poem of one cat's fatal encounter with a tub full of goldfish, as well as Lewis Carroll's popular account of the Cheshire Cat. Everyone who has ever owned a cat or even admired one from a distance will delight in this magnificent collection of cat literature and art. The Personality of the Cat is a veritable treasure trove for all fans of the feline. --jacket

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