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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



ed my camera and started for Oradell. 

 Here I found an unusual appreciator 

 of the uncommon "common," one who 

 has evidently been inspired by the 

 thought that the Persian cat, lovable 

 and meritorious as it may be, should 

 not be valued so much above the "com- 

 mon" short haired cat. Miss Cathcart 



that may come under her notice and 

 care. 



Then too, I like to meet persons who 

 believe that a thing" worth doing at all 

 is worth doing as well as possible. 

 Miss Cathcart is a member of that 

 commendable company. To do her 

 best with what Miss Agnes Repplier, 



LOG CABIN NO. 2 FOR CATS. 

 Even cats apparently enjoy rusticity and nearness to nature. 



has searched far and wide for the best 

 specimens of the domestic cat, her 

 purpose being not only to elevate it to 

 proper appreciation but to cultivate 

 and enlarge any particular merit that 



the essayist, calls our "fireside 

 Sphynx," Miss Cathcart has built a 

 large and well equipped cattery. 

 Things here are not done in a half- 

 hearted way. Implicit faith in the 



she may discover in any of the animals merits of the project is manifested 



