viii ILLUSTRATIONS. 



I'AGE 



Example of a finely-marked Spotted Tabby He Cat 54 



Spotted Tabby Half-bred Indian Wild Cat 56 



Head of a well-marked Striped Brown Tabby 57 



Mrs. Herring's Dark Blue Small-banded Tabby, " Chin." A very fine specimen, 



and winner of a large number of prizes, and in champion classes ... 60 



Group of Kittens at the Crystal Palace Cat Show 61 



White Cat. Prize-winner in 1879 ^^ 



Archangel Blue Cat 66 



Group of Kittens in Box 67 



Example of a properly-marked Black-and-White Cat 68 



Mrs. V>-\'yan's Royal Cat of Siam. Prize-winner 69 



Mr. Lyon's curiously-marked White-and- Black Cat 70 



White Cat, Winner of many prizes 72 



Mrs. Lee's Royal Cat of Siam. Winner of many prizes 73 



Head of properly-marked Siamese Cat . 79 



Mr. Thomas's Tortoiseshell Manx She-Cat. Winner of many prizes at the 



Crystal Palace 80 



Mr. Thomas's Brown Tabby Manx Kitten 83 



Kittens at the Show 86 



Kittens after the Show 9° 



The Game of Ball 108 



Cat and Kittens. "Happy" 109 



What is it? "4 



Tired of Play "7 



Miss Moore's Long-haired Kitten, " Chloe." (See description of "Dinah" 

 for p. 23.) Chloe has been several times shown alone, and never without 



winning 119 



The Cat Club Challenge Vase, presented by Mr. A. A. Clarke, to be won three 



times by the same exhibitor before it is his actual property .... 122 



Example of a finely-marked Tortoiseshell Cat 123 



Mr. Babb's beautiful properly-marked Light Silver Tabby She-Cat. First prize 

 in her class, silver medal and plate as being the best short-haired cat in the 



Crj'stal Palace Show, 1888 ; also winner of many prizes at other shows . 133 



Example of a well-marked Black-and-White He- Cat 134 



Mr. A. A. Clarke's extremely beautiful White Persian She-Cat, " MissWhitey." 

 At the Crystal Palace Show in 18S8, first in her class, taking the Cr^'stal 

 Palace silver medal for the best female cat in the section, the silver-mounted 

 Doulton ware five o'clock tea-set for the best long-haired cat in the exhibi- 

 tion, the gold medal given by the National Cat Club for the best long-haired 

 cat belonging to a member, the National Cat Club Challenge Cup, and also 



winner of numerous first prizes elsewhere 140 



"In full play" 143 



Head of Miss Saunders' "Sylvie." (See other description) . . . .146 

 Wild Cat shown at the Crystal Palace Cat Show, 1871, by the Duke of Suther- 

 land ; caught in Sutherlandshire ......... 154 



English Wild Cat, from the British Museum 160 



Heading to " Cat Proverbs " 185 



Cat watching Mouse-hole 209 



Cat on Tight-rope with White Mice 215 



Cat made of Snail Shells and Wax 219 



Blue Long-haired Persian Cat. Prize-winner 223 



Head of Wild Cat 235 



