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THE
ADVENTURES OF A CAT
AND A FINE CAT TOO!
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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.
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 ofCaneville, for the entertainment of a very different race, I thought Icould not do better than fix upon "The Cat;" and as the celebrated MissMinette Gattina, the historian of poor Job, had bequeathed some of herown memoirs to her native City, furnished, too, with an Introduction byherself, I at once seized upon the materials thus afforded me, andconverted them into their present form. I know not whether they willenjoy the same favour which the Public has deigned to accord to theveracious story of "A Bear," or the simple "Adventures of a Dog." Timewill show whether these true memoirs will be as attractive to youthfulreaders as the other tales of the feline race, from time immemorial suchstandard 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 thatother famous tabby,1 so intimately associated with City annals and thename of Whittington, whose powers of leading her proprietor to wealthwere no less remarkable.