Introduction 
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scratched his face, and cried so vigorously that the 
man was aroused, climbed the mast, and was 
rescued. 
Cats are often devoted to animals, as well as to 
persons. My own pet cat, Maltese and white, was 
the loving friend of my great St. Bernard dog, 
Bernie. When the mate of the Maltese died, the 
cat came to the dog, apparently for sympathy. 
For a year they walked together, shared their bed, 
and were like human friends. The dog died when 
six years old, and the lonely cat soon followed, and 
was buried beside Bernie. 
We seem to be coming into a nobler civilization. 
Queen Victoria said at the Jubilee meeting of the 
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals: “ No civilization is complete which does 
not include the dumb and defenseless of God’s 
creatures within the sphere of charity and 
mercy.” 
We are growing kinder to animals ; homes are 
being provided for the homeless. There are homes 
for cats in Dublin, in London, and other English 
cities, as well as some in Egpyt and India. The 
Gifford Sheltering Home for Animals, in Boston, is 
doing great good ; also the Frances Power Cobbe 
