. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. / thoyoiighly believe that you cannot kill a cat with kind- ness.—Harriet. Do not deny the children the pleas- ure to be derived from intimacy with pussy. Of course there are cats and ^ cats, as there are good and indifferent people, but I mean the ideal home-cat or romping kitten. But only about one growing- child in twenty is a proper person to have a kitten or a cat, and nothing is more distressing to me than to see a kitten being mauled and hurt by
. Biggle pet book ; a collection of information for old and young whose natural instincts teach them to be kind to all living creatures. Pets. / thoyoiighly believe that you cannot kill a cat with kind- ness.—Harriet. Do not deny the children the pleas- ure to be derived from intimacy with pussy. Of course there are cats and ^ cats, as there are good and indifferent people, but I mean the ideal home-cat or romping kitten. But only about one growing- child in twenty is a proper person to have a kitten or a cat, and nothing is more distressing to me than to see a kitten being mauled and hurt by a child, often unintentionally, but more often "just forj ; While a good- tempered, full-grown cat will not know- ingly scratch or bite children, and will submit to many in- dignities at their hands, only endeav- oring to get away, a kitten knows no such restraint. Children are then apt to find, as a little girl expressed it, that " Pussy has pins in her toes.'' Many persons neglect to teach their children what kind treatment is. If only for self-interest, they should. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. Philadelphia, W. Atkinson
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