THE 



BOOK OF CATS 



A Chit-Chat Chroiikk 



OF 



FELINE FACTS AND FANCIES, LEGENDARY, LYRICAL 

 MEDICAL, MIRTHFUL AND MISCELLANEOUS. 



By Chai\les W. Ross. 



^ijjcntg jIllustratiDns ig tfje ^utfjor. 



LONDON: 

 GRIFFITH AND FARRAN, 



(SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS), 



CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. 



MDCCCLXVIII. 



