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The book of the cat

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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This work is a comprehensive handbook for cat enthusiasts, combining historical overview, breed descriptions, and practical guidance on care, housing, and exhibiting. It surveys ancient and contemporary attitudes toward cats, details conformation points and many breed varieties—especially long-haired Persians by colour—then treats short-haired and regional types, neuter and Manx and Siamese forms, and American strains. Practical chapters cover kitten rearing, feeding, colour breeding, photography, and cattery management, and the volume concludes with discussion of cats’ place in nature and common diseases and treatments. Numerous plates and illustrations accompany the text.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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“White to Move” 1
Mummy of a Cat 1
The God Cat 2
An Egyptian Wall-Painting: The Adoration 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 Lesdiguières 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. Finnie 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 her Siamese Kittens “Calif” and “Bangkok” 31
The Cat’s Playground 32
Royal London Institution for Lost and Starving Cats 33
The Cart of the R. L. I. 34
The Hon. Philip Wodehouse’s “Silver Saint” 35
A Bevy of Blues belonging to Miss Savery 35
Cats’ Tombstones at the Dogs’ Cemetery, Hyde Park 36
Tabbies up a Tree 37
Blue Persian belonging to Her Majesty the Queen 37
Three Little Maids 39
A Perilous Perch 40
Mrs. Hardy’s Neuter “Pharaoh” 41
“The Raiders” Caught 43
Kittens belonging to Miss Bromley 45
Neuter Pets owned by Mrs. Hastings Lees 46
Carolling 48
In a Playful Sort of Way 49
A Musical Party 50
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 78
Thieves 79
Mrs. Drury’s Brown Tabby “Periwig” 80
Miss Simpson’s “Cambyses” 80
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
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 111
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 “Ladysmith” 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 Périlleux 136
“Jack Frost” 137
“Star Duvals” 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 “Fluffie 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
“The Elder Miss Blossom” 162
“Dolly Daydream” 163
“I want to go home!” 164
“The Marquis of Dingley” 165
Miss Leake’s Summer Cattery 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 Fluffball” 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 “Champion Ranji” 182
“Champion Backwell Jogram” 183
Mrs. Sinkins’ Smoke Persian “Teufel” 185
“Lucy Claire” 186
Mrs. Singleton’s “Orange Girl” 187
“Puck” 188
“Swagger” 188
“Benjamin of the Durhams” 189
“Torrington 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 Tortoiseshell “Brunette” 209
Miss Sargent’s “Topsy” 210
Miss Kate Sangster’s “Royal Yum Yum” 211
“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
“Lorna Doone” 225
“Birkdale Ruffie” 226
“Birkdale Ruffie’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
“King Cy” 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 “Katzenjammer” 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 of 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
Two Views of Briarlea Catteries 292
A Corner of the Bossington Catteries 293
Tortoiseshell Male “Samson” 294
Mrs. A. M. Stead’s Brown Tabby 295
Mrs. Collingwood’s “James II.” 295
“Ben My Chree” 296
Burmese Cat 297
Mexican Hairless Cats 299
African Cat 300
Manx and Abyssinian 301
Geoffroy’s Wild Cat 302
“The Storm King” 303
“Rado” 303
The Old Fort Cattery 305
Mrs. Colburn and her White Persian “Paris” 306
Brushwood Cattery 307
Miss Johnston’s “Persimmon Squirrel” 308
A Reception Room in a Chicago Cattery 309
Mrs. E. N. Barker 311
“Silver Hair” and “Tiptoe” 312
Miss Ward’s “Robin” 313
Three Little Grandchildren of “Persimmon” 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. 14th 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 Miss 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 Fore-foot 352
Skull of a Cat 353
Skeleton of a Cat 354
Skeleton of a Cat 355
A Cat’s Eye 356
Tongue of a Cat 357
Giving Medicine 358