Chapter I: Front Matter

CATS: Their Points and Characteristics.

"CATS:"

THEIR POINTS AND CHARACTERISTICS,
WITH CURIOSITIES OF CAT LIFE,
AND A CHAPTER ON FELINE AILMENTS.

BY _W. GORDON STABLES, M.D., C.M., R.N._,
AUTHOR OF
"MEDICAL LIFE IN THE NAVY," "WILD ADVENTURES IN THE FAR NORTH,"
THE "NEWFOUNDLAND AND WATCH DOG," IN WEBB'S BOOK ON DOGS,
ETC. ETC.

LONDON: DEAN & SON,
ST. DUNSTAN'S BUILDINGS, 160A, FLEET STREET, E.C.

CONTENTS.

VOL. I.

CHAPTER. PAGE

I. APOLOGETIC 1

II. PUSSY ON HER NATIVE HEARTH 3

III. PUSSY'S LOVE OF CHILDREN 26

IV. PUSSY "POLL" 36

V. SAGACITY OF CATS 44

VI. A CAT THAT KEEPS THE SABBATH 61

VII. HONEST CATS 64

VIII. THE PLOUGHMAN'S "MYSIE" 70

IX. TENACITY OF LIFE IN CATS 74

X. NOMADISM IN CATS 87

XI. "IS CATS TO BE TRUSTED?" 94

XII. PUSSY AS A MOTHER 109

XIII. HOME TIES AND AFFECTIONS 125

XIV. FISHING EXPLOITS 141

XV. THE ADVENTURES OF BLINKS 151

XVI. HUNTING EXPLOITS 190

XVII. COCK-JOCK AND THE CAT 200

XVIII. NURSING VAGARIES 209

XIX. PUSSY'S PLAYMATES 221

XX. PUSSY AND THE HARE 230

XXI. THE MILLER'S FRIEND. A TALE 235

ADDENDA. CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE
VOUCHERS FOR THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE
ANECDOTES 267

VOL. II.

CHAPTER. PAGE

I. ORIGIN AND ANTIQUITY OF THE DOMESTIC CAT 278

II. CLASSIFICATION AND POINTS 285

III. PUSSY'S PATIENCE AND CLEANLINESS 307

IV. TRICKS AND TRAINING 319

V. CRUELTY TO CATS 329

VI. PARLIAMENTARY PROTECTION FOR THE DOMESTIC CAT 356

VII. FELINE AILMENTS 366

VIII. ODDS AND ENDS 387

IX. THE TWO "MUFFIES." A TALE 410

X. BLACK TOM, THE SKIPPER'S IMP. A TALE 440

ADDENDA. CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE
VOUCHERS FOR THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE
ANECDOTES 479

SPRATT'S PATENT

CAT FOOD.

It has long been considered that the food given to that useful domestic favourite, the CAT, is the sole cause of all the diseases it suffers from; nearly all Cats in towns are fed on boiled horseflesh, in many cases diseased and conveying disease.

This Food is introduced to entirely supersede the present unwholesome practice; it is made from pure fresh beef and other sound materials, not from horseflesh or other deleterious substances. It will be found the cheapest food to preserve the health and invigorate the constitution, prolong the existence, and extend the usefulness, gentleness, and cleanliness of the Cat.

_Sold in 1d. Packets only. Each Packet contains sufficient to feed a Cat for two days. The wrapper of every Packet is the same in colour, and bears the Trade Mark as above, and the name of the Patentee, and no other Packet is genuine._

DIRECTIONS FOR USE.

Mix the food with a little milk or water, making it crumbly moist, not sloppy.

SPRATT'S PATENT MEAT FIBRINE DOG CAKES, 22_s._ per cwt., Carriage Paid.

SPRATT'S PATENT POULTRY FOOD, 22_s._ per cwt., Carriage Paid.

SPRATT'S PATENT GRANULATED PRAIRIE MEAT CRISSEL, 28_s._ per cwt., Carriage Paid.

_Address--SPRATT'S PATENT_,

HENRY STREET, BERMONDSEY STREET, TOOLEY STREET, S.E.

TO
LADY MILDRED BERESFORD-HOPE,
AND
LADY DOROTHY NEVILL,
THIS WORK
Is dedicated
With feelings of regard and esteem,
BY
THE AUTHOR.

CAT MEDICINE CHEST,

_Beautifully fitted up with everything necessary
to keep Pussy in Health, or to Cure her when Ill._

The Medicines are done up in a new form, now
introduced for the first time, are easy to
administer, and do not soil the fur.

A NICELY FINISHED ARTICLE,

HIGHLY SUITABLE FOR A PRESENT.

PRICE, with Synopsis of Diseases of Cats and their
Treatment, 21s.

LONDON: DEAN & SON,
FACTORS, PUBLISHERS,

Valentine, Birthday, Christmas, and Easter Card
Manufacturers,

ST. DUNSTAN'S BUILDINGS, 160A, FLEET STREET.

CATS.