Of the reason why this Book was 

 written^ and of several sorts 

 of Cats which are not strictly 

 Zoological. 



NE day, ever 

 so long ago, it 

 struck me that 

 I should like 

 to try and write a book about Cats. I mentioned 

 the idea to some of my friends : the first burst out 

 laughing at the end of my opening sentence, so I 

 refrained from entering into further details. The 

 second said there were a hundred books about 

 Cats already. The third said, " Nobody would 



