. The poets' beasts, a sequel to "The poets' birds," . and incense andtemple rites, as was done in the palmy days of the Pharaohs,are sufficiently in love with the species to be enthusiastic inadmiration. To hear a fierce old Russian cat described asadorable, and a snowy Persian apostrophised as divine,bridges over the interval between the Crystal Palace andthe cat temples of Bubastis, and narrows the chasm some-what between Pharaoh-Necho and the cats-meat man. And the modern taxidermist, as well as he can, has takenup the duties of the priests, and where the creatures of theEgyptians adoratio
. The poets' beasts, a sequel to "The poets' birds," . and incense andtemple rites, as was done in the palmy days of the Pharaohs,are sufficiently in love with the species to be enthusiastic inadmiration. To hear a fierce old Russian cat described asadorable, and a snowy Persian apostrophised as divine,bridges over the interval between the Crystal Palace andthe cat temples of Bubastis, and narrows the chasm some-what between Pharaoh-Necho and the cats-meat man. And the modern taxidermist, as well as he can, has takenup the duties of the priests, and where the creatures of theEgyptians adoration used to be spiced, they are nowstuffed. 356 The Poets Beasts. Instead of lying swathed in cloths and steeped inaromatic gums within a syenite sarcophagus, Puss stands inthe back parlour, and fixes with her glassy eye the newtenant of the hearth-rug, and, from the cold neutrality ofwires and wadding, gazes upon the domestic circle of whichonce/<7/-jt magna fuit. THE END. PRINTED I1Y IIALLANTYNE, HANSON AND AND LONDON. [January, 1885,. CHATTO & WlNDUSS List of Books. About.—The Fellah : An Egyp-tian Novel. By Edmond by Sir Randal 8vo, illustrated boards, 2s. ; clothlimp, 2s. 6d. Adams (W. Davenport), Works by: A Dictionary of the Drama. Beinga comprehensive Guide to the Plays,Playwrights, Players, and of the United Kingdom andAmerica, from the Earliest to thePresent Times. Crown Svo, half-bound, 12s. 6d. [Preparing. Latter-Day Lyrics. Edited by Adams. Post Svo, clothlimp, 2s. 6d. Quips and Quiddities. Selected byW. Davenport Adams. Post Svo,cloth limp, 2s. 6d. Advertising, A History of, fromthe Earliest Times. Illustrated byAnecdotes, Curious Specimens, andNotices of Successful Advertisers. ByHenry Sampson. Crown Svo, withColoured Frontispiece and Illustra-tions, cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. Agony Column (The) of TheTimes, from 1800 to 1870. Edited,with an Introduction, by Alice 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d. A
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