. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. The history of the animal world containsno parallel to the rise of theCats. cat in local status. Not so very long ago Puss wasregarded as part of the life below staus;but times are changed. The modernrepresentatives of the feline race occupya prominent position in the aristocraticworld. They are prized for their blueblood. Their pedigrees are traced for gene-rations. They are carefully housed, fed on. TWO BLUE KITTENS. Owned by Miss Kirkpatric-k, of Harrow. Their parents were bothprize winners. 25 the best, nursed, waited on
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. The history of the animal world containsno parallel to the rise of theCats. cat in local status. Not so very long ago Puss wasregarded as part of the life below staus;but times are changed. The modernrepresentatives of the feline race occupya prominent position in the aristocraticworld. They are prized for their blueblood. Their pedigrees are traced for gene-rations. They are carefully housed, fed on. TWO BLUE KITTENS. Owned by Miss Kirkpatric-k, of Harrow. Their parents were bothprize winners. 25 the best, nursed, waited on and generallytreated as if they belonged to a superiorrace. Fashion of course may have much todo with the apotheosis of-the cat, but thereis little, doubt that merit has won for itselfan acknowledgment well deserved. It is doubtful however whether the generalpublic have any idea of the extent to whichcat culture has attained. They know thatthere are short-haired and long-haired catsand that is about all. Of Chinchillas, andsilvers and shaded silvers, of blues andsmokes, of creams, and various otherclasses whose finely drawn qualificationsare a standing puzzle to judges them-selves, they have but slight acquaintance. But that the attraction, the fascinationwe might say, of cat breeding is graduallyextending is shown by the increasingnumber of cat societies not only inEngland but all the world over. Thecat shows, pure and simple, are for the mostpart held in the
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