Our Cats and All About Them

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Our Cats and All About Them by Harrison Weir.

Contents

• TO MY DEAR WIFE,7
• PREFACE.9
• "What is aught, but as 'tis valued?"9
• PREFACE TO NEW EDITION.11
• "'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful."11
• ILLUSTRATIONS.18
• OUR CATS23
• AND ALL ABOUT THEM.23
• INTRODUCTORY.24
• THE FIRST CAT SHOW.26
• HABITS.29
• TRAINED CATS.34
• LONG-HAIRED CATS.38
• THE ANGORA.44
• THE PERSIAN CAT.48
• THE RUSSIAN LONG-HAIRED CAT.54
• THE TORTOISESHELL CAT.63
• THE TORTOISESHELL-AND-WHITE CAT.68
• THE BROWN TABBY CAT.72
• SPOTTED TABBY CAT79
• THE ABYSSINIAN.82
• THE SHORT-HAIRED WHITE CAT.87
• THE BLACK CAT.89
• THE BLUE CAT.91
• THE BLACK-AND-WHITE CAT.93
• THE WHITE-AND-BLACK CAT.96
• SIAMESE CAT.99
• THE MANX CAT.106
• VARIOUS COLOURS.109
• USEFULNESS OF CATS.112
• GENERAL MANAGEMENT.116
• FEEDING.116
• SLEEPING PLACES.117
• WASHING.118
• MATING.120
• TORTOISESHELLS.122
• TORTOISESHELL-AND-WHITE.124
• BLACK.124
• BLUES.125
• BROWN TABBY.127
• WHITE.127
• ABYSSINIAN.128
• ABYSSINIAN CROSSES.129
• WHITE AND BLACK.129
• BLACK AND WHITE.129
• BLUE TABBY.130
• SPOTTED TABBY.130
• FANCY COLOURS.130
• CAT AND KITTENS.132
• KITTENS.136
• OF KITTENS IN GENERAL.139
• MANAGEMENT OF KITTENS AND CATS.142
• POINTS BY WHICH CATS ARE JUDGED,146
• AS SPECIFIED BY MYSELF. Revised and corrected to the present time.146
• THE TORTOISESHELL.146
• TORTOISESHELL AND WHITE.147
• WHITE. SHORT-HAIR.149
• SELF-COLOUR, BLACK, BLUE, GRAY, OR RED SHORT-HAIR.150
• BROWN AND ORDINARY TABBY, STRIPED, SHORT-HAIR.152
• CHOCOLATE, CHESTNUT, RED, OR YELLOW TABBY, STRIPED, SHORT-HAIR.154
• BLUE, SILVER, LIGHT GRAY, AND WHITE TABBY, STRIPED, SHORT-HAIR.155
• SHORT-HAIRED, SPOTTED TABBIES OF ANY COLOUR.158
• BLACK AND WHITE, GRAY-WHITE, RED AND WHITE, AND OTHER COLOURS AND WHITE.159
• WHITE AND BLACK, WHITE AND GRAY, WHITE AND RED, WHITE AND ANY OTHER COLOUR.159
• ABYSSINIAN.160
• ROYAL CAT OF SIAM.162
• MANX, OR SHORT-TAILED CAT.163
• WHITE, LONG-HAIRED CAT.165
• BLACK, BLUE, GRAY, RED, OR ANY SELF COLOUR LONG-HAIRED CATS.167
• BROWN, BLUE, SILVER, LIGHT GRAY, AND WHITE TABBY LONG-HAIRED CATS.170
• DISEASES OF CATS.174
• CATARRHAL FEVERS.174
• WORMS.176
• MANGE.176
• COLDS.176
• COUGHS.176
• DISTEMPER.177
• CANKER OF EAR.177
• APERIENT.177
• REMEDIES AND STRENGTHENING MEDICINES.178
• DISTEMPER.178
• PURGATIVE.178
• WORMS.178
• CATARRH.178
• FLEAS, AND IRRITATION OF SKIN.179
• EYE OINTMENT.179
• FOR MANGE.179
• POISON.180
• THE WILD CAT OF BRITAIN.182
• CONCERNING CATS.196
• CAT211
• OF FALSE PERSONS.214
• OF WITTIE PERSONS.214
• INCONSTANT PERSONS.214
• THE CAT OF SHAKESPEARE.220
• SUPERSTITION AND WITCHCRAFT.223
• WEATHER NOTIONS.228
• A CAT-CLOCK.230
• "PUSS IN BOOTS" (Le Chat Botté)232
• SIGNS.233
• THE LAW ON CAT KILLING.237
• DEAD CATS.238
• THE CAT AS A TORMENTOR.240
• HERALDRY, ETC.241
• PERFORMING CATS.242
• CAT-RACING IN BELGIUM.248
• CAT IMAGES.249
• LOVERS OF CATS.254
• IMITATED IN ENGLISH.255
• GAMES.258
• CAT'S CRADLE OR CATCH CRADLE.258
• CAT-TRAP, BAT, AND BALL.[L]258
• PUSS IN THE CORNER.[M]259
• CAT AND MOUSE.259
• CAT AND MOUSE-HUNTING.260
• TIP-CAT.260
• CAT I' THE HOLE.[N]261
• NURSERY RHYMES AND STORIES.262
• FISHING CATS.263
• CATS AND HORSES.266
• "GRAMMER'S CAT AND OURS."267
• LOST.270
• FOOTNOTES:274
• INDEX.275
• THE END.282
• Transcriber's Note282
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE284

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