Concerning Cats 



sketch of him in that delightful book is vouched foi 

 as correct. 



Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, too, is a genuine 

 admirer of cats and evidently knows how to appreci- 

 ate them at their true value. At his home near New 

 York, he and Mrs. Stedman have one who rejoices in 

 the name " Babylon," having originated in Babylon, 

 Long Island. He is a fine large maltese, and at- 

 tracted a great deal of attention at the New York 

 Cat Show in 1895. "We look upon him as an im- 

 portant member of our family," says Mrs. Stedman, 

 "and think he knows as much as any of us. He 

 despises our two other cats, but he is very fond of 

 human beings and makes friends readily with stran- 

 gers. He is always present at the family dinner 

 table at meal-time and expects to have his share 

 handed to him carefully. He has a favorite corner 

 in the study and has superintended a great deal of 

 Uterary work." Mrs. Stedman's long-haired, blue 

 Kelpie took a prize in the show of '95. 



Gail Hamilton was naturally a lover of cats, 

 although in her crowded life there was not much time 

 to devote to them. In the last year of her noble life 

 she wrote to a friend as follows : " My two hands 

 were eager to lighten the burden-bearing of a bur- 

 dened world — but the brush fell from my hand. 

 Now I can only sit in a nook of November sunshine, 

 playing with two little black and white kittens. Well, 

 I never before had time to play with kittens as much 



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