Front matter
Reading edition
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
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