VI 



THE BOOK OF THE CAT. 



" The Elder Miss Blossom " 



" Dolly Daydream " 



" I want to go home ! " 



" The Marquis of Dingley " . 



Miss Leake's Summer Cattery 



PAGE 

 162 



163 

 164 



'65 

 166 



Silver Tabby Kittens owned by Princess 



Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein . 167 



" Beautiful Duchess " .... 168 



Winter Quarters at Dingley Hill . . 169 



In the Studio 171 



Miss Cope's " Starlet ". . . .172 



A Pair of Silver Tabbies . . .173 



" Thames Valley Silver King " . . 174 

 " Roiall Fiuffball " . . . .177 



Mrs. Stead's Smoke Litter by " Ranji " 178 



" Jo " and " Tiny " .... 178 



Miss Bartlett's Two Smoke Kittens . 179 

 Mrs. James's Cat Houses at Backwell . 181 

 Mrs. Stead's Smoke Persian "Cham- 

 pion Ranji "... . . . 182 



" Champion Backwell Jogram " . . 183 



Mrs. Sinking' Smoke Persian "Teufel" 185 



"Lucy Claire" 186 



Mrs. Singleton's " Orange Girl ". . 187 



"Puck" 188 



"Swagger" 188 



" Benjamin of the Durharns " . . 189 



"Toirington Sunnysides" . . . 190 



"Lifeguard" 191 



One of Mrs. Neate's Outdoor Catteries 



at Wernham 192 



"Curiosity" 193 



Mrs. Neate's Cat Houses (two views) . 194 



"Musing" 197 



" Out in the Cold " .... 199 



" Higher Education " .... 200 



Mrs. Clinton Locke's Cream Kitten . 201 



A Creamy Smile . . . . . 201 



Mrs. Norris's Cream Kitten . . . 202 



" Kew Ronald" and " Kew Laddie" . 203 



Miss Beal and her Kittens . . . 204 



Mrs. D'Arcy Hildyard's Cream Kittens 204 



" Miriam of the Durhams " . . . 205 



" Champion Romaldkirk Admiral " . 206 

 Mrs. F. Western's " Matthew of the 



Durhams" ..... 207 

 " Topsy of Merevale" . . . 208 

 Miss H. Cochran's Tortoisesheil " Bru- 

 nette" 209 



Miss Sargent's " Topsy " . . . 210 

 Miss Kate gangster's " Royal Yum 



Yum" 2ii 



" Peggy Primrose " . . . . . 212 



Miss Yeoman's " Mary II." . . . 213 



"At Home". ..... 214 



Miss Simpson's " Persimmon " . . 215 

 Miss Mellor's " Lady Sholto " . .216 



" Champion Crystal " (American) . 217 



A Room in Brayfort Cattery . . 218 

 Miss Whitney and her Neuter Brown 



Tabby 219 



"Brayfort Princess", and "Brayfort 



Fina "...... 220 



" Lonsdale Chrysalis " and " Lonsdale 



Moth" 221 



Mrs. D'Arcy Hildyard's " Sulpherland " 222 



"Pioneer Bobs" ..... 223 



"LornaDoone" 225 



" Birkdale Ruffle " 226 



PAC;E 



" Birkdale Ruffiie's " Cattery . . 227 



Brown Tabby "Goozie" . . . 229 



A Trio of Tabbies .... 230 



A Picturesque Group .... 231 



A Grotesquely-marked Kitten . . 232 



" Lockhaven Colburn " . . . 233 



"The Conquest of the Air " . . . 234 



"Grace before Meat" .... 235 



" Marcus Superbus," a Silver Smoke . 235 



" Blue Robin " 236 



Miss Kirkpatrick's " Chili" . . . 237 

 " KingCy "... .237 



Miss Chamberlayne's "Belvedere Tiger" 238 



" Benoni " 239 



Miss Adamson's Chinchilla Neuter . 240 



" Nigel the Raven " .... 241 



Madame Portier's Neuter " Blue Boy " 242 



Rascals ....... 243 



Type of Manx Kitten .... 244 



" Golfsticks " 245 



Specimen of a Manx Tabby . . . 246 



Orange Manx 248 



Mrs. H. C. Brooke's Manx " Katzen- 



jammer " 249 



" Ballochmyle Bell Spitz " . . . 250 

 Manx Cat . . . . . .251 



Mr. Ward's Manx " Silverwing " . . 253 



A Litter by "Tachin" .... 254 



The Garden Cattery at Bishopsgate . 255 

 Mrs. Roberts Locke, with " Calif," 



"Siam," and " Bangkok " . . 256 

 "Si" . . . . . . .257 



" Tiam-o-Shian " .... 257 



"It" 258 



Mr. Ratcliffe's Siamese . . . 259 



Lady Marcus Beresford's " Ursula" . 260 



Miss Armitage's " Cora " . . . 262 

 Pair of Siamese belonging to Mrs. 



Armitage 263 



Mrs. Robinson's " Ah Choo " . . 265 



" Champion Wankee ". . . . 265 



"Mafeking" 266 



The late " King Kesho " . . . 267 



Lady Marcus Beresford's " Cambodia " 268 

 Pugs Paying a Visit to the Siamese, 



Mrs. Hawkins' Cattery . . . 269 



" Romeo " and " Juliette " . . . 271 



A Cosy Corner 273 



" Ashbrittle Peter " .... 274 



" Ballochmyle Blue Queen ". . . 275 



Mrs. Carew Cox's Blue male " Bayard " 276 



" Sherdley Michael " .... 277 



" Sherdley Alexis " .... 277 



"Sherdley Sacha I." and " II." . . 277 



Maria 278 



Mrs. Carew Cox's " Yula " . . . 279 



Lady Alexander of Ballochmyle . . 280 

 " Champion Ballochmyle Brother 



Bump " 281 



Short-haired Tabby Kittens . . . 282 



Another View of Lady Decies' Cattery . 283 



Lady Decies' " Champion Xenophon" . 284 



An American Begging Cat . . . 285 



" Ebony ol Wigan " .... 286 



Sleeping and Waking Tabbies . . 287 



A Black-and-White Britisher . . 288 



" Champion Ballochmyle Otter ". . 289 



" Champion Ballochmyle Perfection " . 290 



Mrs. Barker's " Tyneside Lily " . . 291 



PACE 



Two Views of Briarlea Catteries . . 292 



A Corner of the Bossington Catteries . 293 



Tortoisesheil Male " Samson " . . 294 



Mrs. A. M. Stead's Brown Tabby . . 295 



Mrs. Collingwood's "James II." . . 295 



" Ben My Chree" .... 296 



liurmese Cat ..... 297 



Mexican Hairless Cats .... 299 



African Cat 300 



Manx and Abyssinian .... 301 



Geoffrey's Wild Cat .... 302 



" The Storm King" .... 303 



"Rado" 303 



The Old Fort Cattery .... 305 



Mrs. Colburn and her White Persian 



" Paris " ..... 306 



Brushwood Catterv .... 307 



Miss Johnston's " Persimmon Squirrel " 308 



A Reception Room in aChicago Cattery 309 

 Mrs. E. N. Barker . . . -311 



" Silver Hair " and " Tiptoe " . , 312 



Miss Ward's " Robin ". . . . 313 



Three Little Grandchildren of " Per- 

 simmon "..... 314 



An American Beauty . . . 317 



"Champion Miss Detroit" . . . 318 



" The Commissioner " .... 319 



" Ajax " ...... 321 



Orchard Ridge Cattery . . . 322 



Mrs. Charles A. White . 323 



" The Blessed Damozel "... 324 



" Tobey," a Maine Trick Cat . . 325 



" Henessey" 326 



" Blue Danube " 327 



" Leo," owned by Mrs. Martin . . 329 



" Yellow H. I4th Beauty" . . . 330 



Mrs Bagster's " Demidoff " . . . 331 



A Snapshot 332 



Amateur Photographers . . . 334 



Playing at Work 335 



In the Studio 336 



Tabitha's Afternoon Tea . . . 337 



A Happy Mother 338 



Mrs. Bonny's " Dame Fortune" . . 339 



"Derebie" 339 



A Litter of Eight belonging to Mi.ss 



Savery 341 



" Star of the Spheres" and "Son of Roy " 342 



The Foster-Mother .... 343 



The Foster-Mother in Action . . 343 



" Arrived Safely " 344 



"Patricia" 345 



Miss Goddard's Pair of Kittens . . 346 



" Lollypop" 347 



Three Little Americans . . . 348 



" Holmlea Thistledown " . . . 349 



Brain of Cat 350 



Skull of the Great Sabre-toothed Cat . 351 

 Superficial Flexor Tendons of a Cat's 



Left Foot 352 



Bones and Principal Ligaments of a 



Cat's Toe 352 



Pads of Cat's Left Forefoot . . . 352 



Skull of a Cat 353 



Skeleton of a Cat 351 



Skeleton of a Cat 355 



A Cat's Eye 3S 6 



Tongue of a Cat 357 



Giving Medicine 358 



