iv THE BOOK OF THE CAT. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XXIV. SHORT-HAIRED CATS ........ 274 



XXV. SHORT-HAIRED CATS (continued) ...... 282 



XXVI. SOME FOREIGN CATS ........ 297 



XXVII. CATS IN AMERICA . . . . . ... . 303 



XXVIII. MAINE CATS ......... 325 



XXIX. CAT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR AMATEURS ...... 332 



XXX. REARING OF KITTENS ........ 337 



XXXI. COLOUR BREEDING ..... . 344 



XXXII. THE PLACE OF THE CAT IN NATURE ..... 350 



THE DISEASES OF CATS, AND THEIR TREATMENT . . . .358 



INDEX .......... 377 



LIST OF COLOURED PLATES. 



BLACK PERSIAN . . . . . . . Frontispiece 



BLACK AND WHITE PERSIAN CATS .... To face t>age 116 



BLUE AND CREAM PERSIANS . . . . . . .126 



BROWN TABBY AND SILVER PERSIANS . . . . . .160 



SMOKE AND ORANGE PERSIANS . . . . . . .186 



TORTOISESHELL AND ToRTOISESHELL- AND- WHITE PERSIANS . . . 2IO 



SILVER TABBY AND ORANGE AND 'WHITE PERSIANS . . . .234 



MANX AND SIAMESE . . . . . . . .252 



BLUE AND WHITE SHORT-HAIRED CATS . . . . . .274 



BROWN TABBY AND ORANGE TABBY SHORT-HAIRED CATS . . . 288 



TORTOISESHELL TOM, AND SILVER TABBY SHORT-HAIRED CATS . 294 



FOREIGN CATS . . . . . . . . . 300 



