THE CAT 



BEING A RECORD OF THE ENDEARMENTS AND 



INVECTIVES LAVISHED BY MANY WRITERS 



UPON AN ANIMAL MUCH LOVED 



AND MUCH ABHORRED 



COLLECTED, TRANSLATED AND ARRANGED BY 



AGNES REPPLIER 



AUTHOR OF "THE FIRESIDE SPHINX " 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY 



ELISABETH F. BONSALL 



You hold your race traditions fast, 

 While others toil, you simply live; 



And, based upon a stable past, 

 Remain a sound conservative. 



STURGIS & WALTON 



COMPANY 



1912 



