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Title: The book of the cat

Author: Frances Simpson

Release date: June 15, 2025 [eBook #76311]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Cassell and company, limited, 1903

Credits: Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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Transcriber’s Note:

New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.

BLACK PERSIAN.

(Painted specially by Madame Henriette Ronner.)

THE
BOOK OF THE CAT

BY ...

FRANCES SIMPSON

WITH 12 COLOURED PLATES, AND NEARLY
350 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT FROM
PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK AND
MELBOURNE. MCMIII