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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Adventures of a Cat, by Alfred Elwes This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Adventures of a Cat And a Fine Cat too! Author: Alfred Elwes Illustrator: Harrison Weir Release Date: May 24, 2010 [EBook #32518] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ADVENTURES OF A CAT *** Produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) THE ADVENTURES OF A CAT AND A FINE CAT TOO! [Illustration: PORTRAIT OF A LADY.] THE ADVENTURES OF A CAT AND A FINE CAT TOO! By ALFRED ELWES, AUTHOR OF 'THE ADVENTURES OF A BEAR,' 'THE ADVENTURES OF A DOG,' ETC. With Eight Illustrations by Harrison Weir. [Illustration] 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,[1] so intimately associated with City annals and the name of Whittington, whose powers of leading her proprietor to wealth were no le
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