Project Gutenberg 2025-06-15 Public domain in the USA. 479 Simpson, Frances 1857 1926 Simpson, Elizabeth Frances Ann Simpson, Frances A. 03024964 The book of the cat $aLondon :$bCassell and company, limited, $c1903. 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) "The book of the cat" by Frances Simpson is an illustrated compendium for cat fanciers written in the early 20th century. It explores the history, breeds, care, exhibiting, and anatomy of domestic cats, supported by many plates and photographs. Aimed at enthusiasts and breeders, it blends practical guidance with cultural background and profiles of notable catteries and clubs. The opening of the work presents extensive contents and plate lists, followed by an introduction in which Simpson outlines her goal of a readable, experience-based handbook, acknowledges expert contributors (from veterinary care to foreign and American cats, Maine cats, and anatomy), and quotes Harrison Weir’s warm endorsement. Chapter I, “Cats of the Past,” surveys origin myths and the cat’s prominence in ancient Egypt (Pasht, Bubastes, mummification), notes scattered classical references, and contrasts medieval superstition and cruelty with later esteem from writers, artists, and heraldry; it also touches on folklore, nursery rhymes, and art, highlighting Madame Ronner, Eugène Lambert, and Louis Wain. At the start of Chapter II, the text lists cat names across languages, revisits beliefs like “nine lives” with anecdotes of feline endurance and homing, emphasizes the cat’s usefulness in public institutions, mentions the cats’-meat trade and comic asides (census and ping-pong cat), and introduces the organized fancy with a roll of clubs culminating in the National Cat Club’s leadership and aims. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/bookofcatsimpson00simprich 20230802155307simpson 1903 GB Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Cats SF Text Category: How To ... Category: Sports/Hobbies Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 1494337 2025-09-30T07:12:01.487574 text/html 1419414 2025-06-15T12:05:49 text/html 46327883 2025-09-30T07:12:31.727528 application/epub+zip 46336951 2025-09-30T07:12:09.672559 application/epub+zip 661254 2025-09-30T07:12:05.134657 application/epub+zip 46862927 2025-09-30T07:12:45.382417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46871922 2025-09-30T07:12:27.146459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1242798 2025-09-30T07:11:56.936601 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1222923 2025-06-15T12:05:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16418 2025-09-30T07:12:45.748398 application/rdf+xml 9642 2025-09-30T07:12:05.567598 image/jpeg 1780 2025-09-30T07:12:05.350607 image/jpeg 46965543 2025-09-30T07:12:02.749634 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia