THE PICTURES IN THIS BOOK

Jiminy Christmas: His First Appearance		[Frontispiece]
	He was probably a graceless vagabond, born in the gutter, with no pretensions to breeding or even good looks.
		FACING PAGE
The Great Small Cat		[8]
	Although the small stray was minus all signs of pedigree, she held her head high and was accorded the respect and good treatment due a lady.
Thursday		[34]
	As she never attained the full stature of an ordinary cat, she always looked but half-grown, but was the very perfection of dainty symmetry, her coat a solid black, almost blue in its depths.
The Cat		[52]
	Handsome, shining and saucy, the kitten had grown into the most splendid bigness of his race: all muscle and nerve, unusually broad of chest and looking as if bred to the mountain fastness and able to endure all sorts of pioneer hardships.
Aïda and Saadi		[72]
	"Oh, lady! You do not suspect us of having seen any of your birds this morning?"
Marooned		[84]
	Neither disappointment nor ugly temper had broken his fierce sense of injury or his indomitable spirit.
Maida		[102]
	In long-suffering patience Maida would stretch herself in a streak of sunshine and survey the riotously incorrigible mites, indulging in their favorite pastime of playing tag all over her body.
Jiminy Christmas, the Free Spirit		[120]
	Born free, he kept his own wanton will free from enslavement to the end, living his own life in honor and honesty in an out-doors all his own.

THE GREAT SMALL CAT