The Book of the Cat

About this eBook

Author

Simpson, Frances, 1857-1926

Title

The book of the cat

Original Publication

London: Cassell and company, limited, 1903.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SF: Agriculture: Animal culture

Subject

Cats

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76311

Release Date

June 15, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE BOOK OF THE CAT
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.LIST OF COLOURED PLATES.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER I. CATS OF THE PAST.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. CATS OF TO-DAY. — LIST OF CAT CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. — THE NATIONAL CAT CLUB. — DEFINITION OF CLASSES. — THE CAT CLUB.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. CARE AND MANAGEMENT. — FEMALE CATS AND KITTENS. — STUD CATS. — NEUTER CATS.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. HOUSING OF CATS. — APPLIANCES.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. EXHIBITING. — JUDGING. — MANAGEMENT OF SHOWS. — BUYING AND SELLING. — LOCAL SHOWS.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE “POINTS” OF A CAT.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. LONG-HAIRED OR PERSIAN CATS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. SOME NOTABLE CATTERIES. — BREEDING BLUE PERSIANS IN LIMITED SPACE.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. BLACK PERSIANS.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. WHITE PERSIANS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. BLUE PERSIANS. — STANDARD OF POINTS FOR BLUE PERSIAN CAT.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. SILVER OR CHINCHILLA PERSIANS. — CHINCHILLAS. — SHADED SILVERS.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. SILVER TABBY PERSIANS. — SILVER TABBIES.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. SMOKE PERSIANS. — SMOKES.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. ORANGE PERSIANS. — ORANGE, CREAM, FAWN, AND TORTOISESHELL SOCIETY. — ORANGE SELF OR TABBY POINTS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. CREAM OR FAWN PERSIANS. — CREAM OR FAWN. — BREEDING OF CREAMS.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. TORTOISESHELL PERSIANS. — TORTOISESHELL.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. TORTOISESHELL-AND-WHITE PERSIANS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. BROWN TABBY PERSIANS. — BROWN TABBIES IN AMERICA.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. “ANY OTHER COLOUR” PERSIANS.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. NEUTER CATS.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. MANX CATS. — THE PROGENY OF A TAILLESS CAT OF THE ISLE OF MAN.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. SIAMESE CATS. — STANDARD OF POINTS FOR THE “ROYAL” SIAMESE CAT. — VALUE OF POINTS. — POINTS OF THE SIAMESE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. SHORT-HAIRED CATS. — RUSSIAN BLUE.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. SHORT-HAIRED CATS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. SOME FOREIGN CATS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. CATS IN AMERICA. — DISTRICT NO. 2. — DISTRICT NO. 3. — DISTRICT NO. 4.—CANADIAN CATS. — DISTRICT NO. 5. — JUDGING IN AMERICA. — MALTESE CATS. — WILD SPECIES. — SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN AMERICA.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. MAINE CATS.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. CAT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR AMATEURS.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. REARING OF KITTENS.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. COLOUR BREEDING.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. THE CAT’S PLACE IN NATURE: ITS ANCESTRY, CLASSIFICATION, STRUCTURE, AND DISTRIBUTION. — FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS. — GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE CAT. — THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CAT FAMILY.
37. 37.THE DISEASES OF CATS, AND THEIR TREATMENT. — ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICINE. — DISEASES OF THE STOMACH. — WORMS, OR INTERNAL ANIMAL PARASITES. — DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS. — DISEASES OF AIR PASSAGES AND LUNGS. — DISTEMPER. — DISEASES OF THE EAR. — DISEASES OF THE EYE. — DISEASES OF THE SKIN. — EXTERNAL ANIMAL PARASITES. — PAINLESS DESTRUCTION OF CATS.
38. 38.INDEX.

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