The Soul of a Cat, and Other Stories
Photograph by Messrs. Kissack
“The Incredible Blue.”
BY MARGARET BENSON
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HENRIETTA RONNER AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1901
Once on a time I used to dream
Strange spirits moved about my way,
And I might catch a vagrant gleam,
A glint of pixy or of fay;
Their lives were mingled with my own,
So far they roamed, so near they drew;
Margaret Benson
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DEDICATION TO THOSE DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE SOUL OF A CAT
JOEY AND MATILDA; OR, INTELLECT AND EMOTION
THE TORPID AND THE ILL-BRED CAT
VANITY OF VANITIES
TAFFY
THE ADOPTED FAMILY
THE MYSTERIOUS RA
MENTU
THE CONSCIENCE OF THE BARN-DOOR FOWL
CONFUCIUS
A PARADISE OF BIRDS
EPILOGUE
I
II
III
IV
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE