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    The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too!
    The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too!
    The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too!
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    The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too!

    By Alfred Elwes

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    Alfred Elwes was anineteenth-century British author of children's literature, academic,philologist, and occasional translator of French, Italian and Portugueseliterature into English.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrill Press
    Release dateFeb 21, 2016
    ISBN9781531220679
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      The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too! - Alfred Elwes

      THE ADVENTURES OF A CAT, AND A FINE CAT TOO!

      ..................

      Alfred Elwes

      MILK PRESS

      Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

      This book is a work of fiction; its contents are wholly imagined.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Alfred Elwes

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      THE ADVENTURES OF A CAT: AND A FINE CAT TOO!

      AUTHOR OF ‘THE ADVENTURES OF A BEAR,’ ‘THE ADVENTURES OF A DOG,’ ETC.: With Eight Illustrations by Harrison Weir.

      PREFACE.

      INTRODUCTION.

      KITTENHOOD.

      DANGERS.

      A NEW LEAF.

      LOVE AND WAR.

      REFLECTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.

      LIFE ABROAD.

      THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE.

      The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too!

      By

      Alfred Elwes

      The Adventures of a Cat, and a Fine Cat Too!

      Published by Milk Press

      New York City, NY

      First published circa 1888

      Copyright © Milk Press, 2015

      All rights reserved

      Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      About Milk Press

      Milk Press loves books, and we want the youngest generation to grow up and love them just as much. We publish classic children’s literature for young and old alike, including cherished fairy tales and the most famous novels and stories.

      THE ADVENTURES OF A CAT: AND A FINE CAT TOO!

      ..................

      PORTRAIT OF A LADY.

      AUTHOR OF ‘THE ADVENTURES OF A BEAR,’ ‘THE ADVENTURES OF A DOG,’ ETC.: WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRISON WEIR.

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      LONDON:

      ADDEY AND CO., HENRIETTA STREET,

      COVENT GARDEN.

      MDCCCLVII.

      PRINTED BY

      JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, LITTLE QUEEN STREET,

      LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.

      PREFACE.

      ..................

      IN SELECTING THE BIOGRAPHY OF another animal from the Archives of Caneville, for the entertainment of a very different race, I thought I could not do better than fix upon The Cat; and as the celebrated Miss Minette Gattina, the historian of poor Job, had bequeathed some of her own memoirs to her native City, furnished, too, with an Introduction by herself, I at once seized upon the materials thus afforded me, and converted them into their present form. I know not whether they will enjoy the same favour which the Public has deigned to accord to the veracious story of A Bear, or the simple Adventures of a Dog. Time will show whether these true memoirs will be as attractive to youthful readers as the other tales of the feline race, from time immemorial such standard favourites; whether they will have even a chance of success, after the story of that strong-minded Puss, who trod down the ignorant, and made her own and master’s fortune in a pair of top-boots; or that other famous tabby, so intimately associated with City annals and the name of Whittington, whose powers of leading her proprietor to wealth were no less remarkable.

      I count as but of little moment the story of the White Cat; for though it often charmed me in my days of romance, when the world seemed all bright and beautiful, and the Golden Age appeared no marvel, I have been since angry with myself at my admiration, as though charmed under false pretences, seeing that the said White Cat was no Puss after all, but a very free and easy young lady in disguise.

      My Caneville Pussy is at least a true one. From the respect in which she appears to have been held in her place of birth, and from the attention which seems to have been bestowed upon her by most of the great animals of Caneville, there is every reason to believe that the scenes she describes were real; for it was a weakness of the Dons in that famous City only to grant favour where it was merited, and never to associate with those whose moral character was not above suspicion.

      With these preliminary remarks, I leave Miss Minette to tell her own story. That no one was more capable of doing so may be judged from the fact that it was a customary thing with her to relate it to a crowd of admiring listeners, whom the fame of her beauty, adventures, and with attracted to her dwelling; and though the comments which were made and the questions asked by one or other of the auditory, made the narration on such occasions a rather lengthy one, the written memoirs, from which this tale has been translated, may be considered the pith, the marrow, as it were, of her household narrative.

      A. E.

      King’s Arms Yard,

      Moorgate Street, London.

      1 () Some of the learned F.A.S.’s of the present day insist that this celebrated animal was tortoise-shell, and others aver, with equal energy, that it was white. Who

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