ILLUSTRATIONS.
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| Reduction of Cat's Head drawn for Posting Bill, Crystal Palace Cat Show, 1871 | [1] |
| Silver Tankard presented by the Crystal Palace Company to the Author | [3] |
| Cat at Show | [5] |
| Miss Saunders' White Persian, "Muff" | [6] |
| "The Old Lady." Silver Tabby, good in colour and marking, the property of the Author, shown at the first Crystal Palace Cat Show, not for competition | [13] |
| Miss Saunders' Long-haired Cat, "Tiger" | [16] |
| "The Colonel." Deaf White Persian, the property of the Author | [17] |
| Miss F. Moore's Persian Cat, "Fez" | [19] |
| Miss Saunders' Long-haired Cat, "Tiger" | [20] |
| Specimen of a good White Angora | [21] |
| Miss F. Moore's Long-haired Kitten, "Dinah." This and "Chloe," as Kittens, won first prize and medal at the Crystal Palace, Brighton, and Bexley Cat Shows, 1887 | [23] |
| Miss Saunders' very Light Blue Tabby, "Sylvie." A great beauty, and winner of first prize, silver medal, and silver sugar basin, at the Crystal Palace, 1886, as the best long-haired cat in the show; then the property of Mrs. Christopher | [24] |
| Mr. Lloyd's Black Persian, "Minnie." Winner of a large number of prizes at the Crystal Palace, etc. | [26] |
| Mr. A. A. Clarke's White Persian, "Tim." First prize and silver medal at the Crystal Palace, 1885, and winner of other prizes | [27] |
| Mrs. C. Herring's young Persian Kitten | [29] |
| Russian Long-haired Brown Tabby Cat, the property of the Author | [30] |
| Miss Mary Gresham's Persian Kitten, "Lambkin." (Also see reference, p. 36) | [33] |
| Long-haired Cat, from Daniel's "Rural Sports," 1813 | [34] |
| Tail of the same | [35] |
| Miss Mary Gresham's "Lambkin No. 2." This, with "Lambkin" at p. 33, won first and special and silver medal at the Crystal Palace Show. These were of fine quality, and were said to be the best pair of long-haired kittens ever seen | [36] |
| Miss Moore's Long-haired Persian, "Bogey." First and medal at Albert Palace Show, 1885; second at Brighton Show | [37] |
| Miss Saunders' White Persian, "Fluffie" | [38] |
| Mr. Smith's Tortoiseshell He-Cat. The only tortoiseshell he-cat of entire colouring ever shown at the Crystal Palace, and winner of numerous first prizes | [39] |
| Example of Tortoiseshell Cat, very dark variety, purposely showing too much black, which is a defect | [40] |
| Light White and Sandy She-Cat and Kittens | [43] |
| Tortoiseshell-and-white Cat, finely marked, and prize-winner | [44] |
| Head of Mrs. Vyvyan's Royal Cat of Siam. Winner of prizes | [47] |
| Example of a properly-marked Brown Tabby, showing the width of the black bars and spaces between. A fine specimen | [48] |
| Example of a Brown Tabby, "Aaron," with the black bars far too wide, only showing the brown as streaks. This is a defect. Property of the Author | [50] |
| Well-marked Silver Black-banded Tabby. First prize in its class and special prize, Crystal Palace Show, 1886 | [51] |
| White Cat at the Show. First prize, blue eyes and deep. | [53] |
| Example of a finely-marked Spotted Tabby He-Cat | [54] |
| Spotted Tabby Half-bred Indian Wild Cat | [56] |
| Head of a well-marked Striped Brown Tabby | [57] |
| Mrs. Herring's Dark Blue, Small-banded Tabby, "Chin." A very fine specimen, and winner of a large number of prizes, and in champion classes | [60] |
| Group of Kittens at the Crystal Palace Cat Show | [61] |
| White Cat. Prize-winner in 1879 | [62] |
| Archangel Blue Cat | [66] |
| Group of Kittens in Box | [67] |
| Example of a properly-marked Black-and-White Cat | [68] |
| Mrs. Vyvyan's Royal Cat of Siam. Prize-winner | [69] |
| Mr. Lyon's curiously-marked White-and-Black Cat | [70] |
| White Cat. Winner of many prizes | [72] |
| Mrs. Lee's Royal Cat of Siam. Winner of many prizes | [73] |
| Head of properly-marked Siamese Cat | [79] |
| Mr. Thomas's Tortoiseshell Manx She-Cat. Winner of many prizes at the Crystal Palace | [80] |
| Mr. Thomas's Brown Tabby Manx Kitten | [83] |
| Kittens at the Show | [86] |
| Kittens after the Show | [90] |
| The Game of Ball | [108] |
| Cat and Kittens. "Happy" | [109] |
| What is it? | [114] |
| Tired of Play | [117] |
| Miss Moore's Long-haired Kitten, "Chloe." (See description of "Dinah" for p. 23.) Chloe has been several times shown alone, and never without winning | [119] |
| The Cat Club Challenge Vase, presented by Mr. A. A. Clarke, to be won three times by the same exhibitor before it is his actual property | [122] |
| Example of a finely-marked Tortoiseshell Cat | [123] |
| Mr. Babb's beautiful properly-marked Light Silver Tabby She-Cat. First prize in her class, silver medal and plate as being the best short-haired cat in the Crystal Palace Show, 1888; also winner of many prizes at other shows | [133] |
| Example of a well-marked Black-and-White He-Cat | [134] |
| Mr. A. A. Clarke's extremely beautiful White Persian She-Cat, "Miss Whitey." At the Crystal Palace Show in 1888, first in her class, taking the Crystal Palace silver medal for the best female cat in the section, the silver-mounted Doulton ware five o'clock tea-set for the best long-haired cat in the exhibition, the gold medal given by the National Cat Club for the best long-haired cat belonging to a member, the National Cat Club Challenge Cup, and also winner of numerous first prizes elsewhere | [140] |
| "In full play" | [143] |
| Head of Miss Saunders' "Sylvie." (See other description) | [146] |
| Wild Cat shown at the Crystal Palace Cat Show, 1871, by the Duke of Sutherland; caught in Sutherlandshire | [154] |
| English Wild Cat, from the British Museum | [160] |
| Heading to "Cat Proverbs" | [185] |
| Cat watching Mouse-hole | [209] |
| Cat on Tight-rope with White Mice | [215] |
| Cat made of Snail Shells and Wax | [219] |
| Blue Long-haired Persian Cat. Prize-winner | [223] |
| Head of Wild Cat | [239] |
