CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. THE CAT OF ANTIQUITY i 



II. THE DARK AGES 20 



III. PERSECUTION 52 



IV. RENAISSANCE 67 



V. THE CAT OF ALBION 82 



VI. THE CAT IN ART 104 



VII. THE CAT TRIUMPHANT 126 



VIII. SOME CATS OF FRANCE . . . . 179 



IX. THE CAT TO-DAY 228 



