The Book of Cats

One day, ever so long ago, it struck me that I should like to try and write a book about Cats. I mentioned the idea to some of my friends: the first burst out laughing at the end of my opening sentence, so I refrained from entering into further details. The second said there were a hundred books about Cats already. The third said, “Nobody would read it,” and added, “Besides, what do you know of the subject?” and before I had time to begin to tell him, said he expected it was very little. “Why not Dogs?” asked one friend of mine, hitting upon the notion as though by inspiration. “Or Horses,” said some one else; “or Pigs; or, look here, this is the finest notion of all:— (5 hr 11 min)

Chapters

Chapter I. Of the reason why this Book was written, and of several sorts of Cat…	12:31	Read by krzys
Chapter II. Of some Wicked Stories that have been told about Cats	20:50	Read by krzys
Chapter III. Of other Wicked Stories, with a few Words in Defence of the Accused	23:15	Read by P. J. Morgan
Chapter IV. Of the Manners and Customs of Cats	19:43	Read by P. J. Morgan
Chapter V. Of Whittington’s Cat, and another Cat that visited Strange Countries	10:15	Read by Ellen Preckel
Chapter VI. Of various kinds of Cats, Ancient and Modern	19:09	Read by Ellen Preckel
Chapter VII. Of some Clever Cats	27:55	Read by Ellen Preckel
Chapter VIII. Of some amiable Cats, and Cats that have been good Mothers	23:10	Read by MariaS
Chapter IX. Of Puss in Proverbs, in the Dark Ages, and in the Company of Wicked…	29:10	Read by Emily Maynard
Chapter X. Of a certain Voracious Cat, some Goblin Cats, Magical Cats, and Cats…	25:49	Read by Ellen Preckel
Chapter XI. Of Pussy poorly, and of some Curiosities of the Cat’s-meat Trade	21:46	Read by Ellen Preckel
Chapter XII. Of Wild Cats, Cat Charming, etc.: Part 1	29:38	Read by Ellen Preckel
Chapter XII. Of Wild Cats, Cat Charming, etc.: Part 2	23:25	Read by Ellen Preckel
Chapter XIII. Conclusion	24:56	Read by Ellen Preckel

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(3 stars)

ItsLoriK

time to try to fall asleep. It's not exiting nor completely boring so it was perfect for my purposes. Be aware that there are some animal cruelly acts mentioned. Also, it seems like people would drown unwanted kittens & cats like it's normal. This has been the case with another cat book on Librivox. I'm thinking these aren't for me. It can be too much.

The Book of Cats

Charles Henry Ross

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