LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



" White to Move " i 



Mummy of a Cat ..... i 



The God Cat 2 



An Egyptian Wall-Painting: The Ador- 

 ation of the Goddess Pasht . . 2 

 The Worship of Pasht in the Temple of 



Bubastes 3 



Mummified Kitten .... 3 

 A Cat God of Egypt .... 3 

 Puss as a Retriever : An Egyptian Wall- 

 Painting 4 



An Egyptian Toy Cat .... 5 



A Mineral Lusus 6 



Puss in Warfare ..... 7 



A Group of Cats in Pottery ... 9 

 Tomb of a Cat which belonged to 



Madame de Lesdiguieres . . 10 

 The Printer's Mark of Melchior Sessa 



of Venice 12 



A Cat in Heraldry 12 



A Merchant's Mark .... 12 



Alice and the Cheshire Cat ... 13 



A Study 14 



Madame Ronner at Work ... 15 

 "Crystal," the property of Mrs. Finnic 



Young 16 



Lady Alexander's " Brother Bump " . 17 



Sleeping Beauties 18 



Miss F. Simpson's " Bonnie Boy" . 18 



Kitten at Work and Play ... 19 



Kitten belonging to Mrs. Owen . . 20 



The Antiquaries 21 



" Kepwick Violet " and " Kepwick 



Hyacinth " . . . . .22 



Miss Savery's Blue Persian Kitten . 23 



A Pair of Short-haired Brown Tabbies . 23 



Cat Calendar 24 



Cat Calendar 24 



Cat Calendar ..... 25 



Mr. Harrison Weir .... 26 



Mr. Louis Wain ..... 27 



Lady Marcus Beresford ... 28 



Litter of Siamese Kittens ... 29 



" Puck III." 30 



Mrs. Clinton Locke and ber Siamese 



Kittens "Calif" and " Bangkok " . 31 



The Cat's Playground .... 32 

 Royal London Institution fcr Lost and 



Starving Cats .... 33 



The Cart of the R. L. 1 34 



The Hon. Philip Wodehouse's " Silver 



Saint " 35 



A Bevy of Blues belonging to Miss 



Savery 35 



Cats' Tombstones at the Dogs' Ceme- 

 tery, Hyde Park .... 36 

 Tabbies up a Tree, .... 37 



Blue Persian belonging to Her Majesty 



the Queen 37 



Three Little Maids .... 39 



A Perilous Perch 4 



Mrs. Hardy's Neuter " Pharaoh " . 41 



" The Raiders " Caught ... 43 



Kittens belonging to Miss Bromley . 45 

 Neuter Pets owned by Mrs. Hastings 



Lees 4 6 



Carolling ...... 48 



In a Playful Sort of Way ... 49 



A Musical Party 5 



The Ideal Cattery .... 53 



A Litter Box 55 



A Useful Cat House .... 55 



A Portable Hutch . . . 56 



Lethal Chamber, R.L.I. . . . 57 



Spratt's Travelling Basket ... 58 



A Useful Cat Basket .... 58 



A Gang of Poachers . . * 59 



Waking Beauties 61 



Richmond Cat Show : Arrangement of 



Tents 65 



Mrs. Gregory's ' ' Skellingthorpe Patrick ' ' 67 



" Inquiry" 67 



Richmond Cat Show : Judges at Work 69 

 Type of Cage at the Richmond Cat 



Show .71 



Mr. C. A. House 72 



Mr. T. B. Mason 72 



The Toilet 73 



Blue Persian Kittens .... 74 



Kits with a Taste for Flowers . . 75 



Two Kittens bred by Miss Williams . 75 



Richmond Cat Show : The Ring Class 77 



Minding Shop 7 8 



Thieves 79 



Mrs. Drury's Brown Tabby " Periwig " 80 



Miss Simpson's " Cambyses " . . So 



A Litter of Blues 81 



Judging in the Ring at the Crystal 



Palace 83 



Miss Kirkpatrick's Blue Kittens . . 84 

 " Rose of Persia " . . . '85 



Mischief 88 



Our Play-room 89 



Mr. F. W. Western .... 91 



Officials of the N.C.C.C. ... 92 



Sandy Stealing the Milk ... 94 

 Silver Cats belonging to Mrs. Clark of 



Ashbrittle .... 95 



The Points of a Cat .... 96 



Tailpiece 97 



Blue Persians belonging to Mrs. Wells 98 

 "Gentian," owned by Lady Marcus 



Beresford 99 



Mrs. Herring's " Champion Jimmy " . 100 



PAGE 

 The Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison's 



Cattery 101 



Scenes at " Bishopsgate " . . . 103 

 A Sleeping Box at Lady Decies' Cattery 104 

 Lady Decies Visiting her Pets . . 104 

 Mrs. Mackenzie Stewart's Cattery . 105 

 The Imitation Tree, Mrs. Clarke's 



Cattery 106 



Mrs. Clarke's Cattery .... 107 



The Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison . 108 

 Mrs. Collingwood and "James II." . 109 

 A Morning Meal at Bossington . . in 

 Black Persian " Johnny Fawe " . .112 

 "Champion Menelik III." . . .113 

 Kitten Bred by Miss Kirkpatrick . . 115 

 Mrs. Little's Black Persian " Colleen " 115 

 The Carol Singers . . . .116 



"Jungfrau" ...... 118 



Mrs. McLaren's White Persian ' ' Lady- 

 smith " 119 



Mrs. Pettit with her White Persians . 121 



"Crystal" 122 



" White Butterfly " . . . .123 



" Musafer" 124 



"Jack" and "Jill" . . . .125 



The Artist 128 



Blue Kittens bred by Miss Kirkpatrick 129 

 Mrs. Robinson's Blue Kittens . . 129 

 Mrs. Wells's Cattery . . . .130 



"Rokeles Kissi " 131 



Scared 132 



Cast of the Cat Club Medal . . .133 

 Miss G. Jay's Cattery . . . .134 

 Rev. P. L. Cosway's " Imperial Blue" 135 

 " Un Saut Ptrilleux " . . . .136 

 "Jack Frost" . : . . .137 



"StarDuvals" 138 



" The Absent-Minded Beggar " . . 138 



"Omar" 139 



Three Pretty Silvers . . . .140 

 " Shah of Persia " . . . .141 



" Fulmer Zaida " 142 



' ' Troubadour '^ 143 



A Perfect Chinchilla (two views) . . 145 

 Mrs. Balding's " Silver Lambkin " . 146 

 Mrs. Balding's " Flume Tod " . . 147 



"Sea Foam" 148 



Mrs. Wellbye's " Silver Lotus " . . 149 

 Mrs. Wellbye's " Silver Dossie " . . 150 

 Mrs. Wellbye's Silver " Veronica ' . 151 

 Two Views of Woodheys Cattery . . 153 

 " Silver Blossom " .... 154 

 " Silver Blossom's " Two Buds . . 155 



"Wild Tom" 156 



" Fur and Feather " . . . .158 

 " The Silver Lambkins " . . . 159 

 " Jupiter Duvals " .... 161 



