A BOOK OF
CHEERFUL CATS
AND OTHER ANIMATED ANIMALS
BY
J. G. FRANCIS
THE CENTURY CO. NEW YORK
Copyright,
1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1890, 1892, 1903,
by Elsie W. Francis
Printed in U.S.A.
Some Cat-land fancies, drawn and dressed
To cheer your mind when it’s depressed.
A BOOK OF CHEERFUL CATS
Some Fun with a Toy Spider.
A DUTIFUL PARENT.
Cried a cat to his wife, “See, my dear,
The superlative Circus is here!
With the children we’ll go,—’tis our duty, you know,
Their young minds to enlighten and cheer.”
Said a Cat to his sons, “I should deem
This blithe Picture-Book Boy carried cream.”
Quits.
Euchred!
Study of Hedgehog Stealing Apple.
The Spring Curtain. A drama in five acts.
1. Which? 2. The Choice.
3. The Rivals. 4. “Ha, the Spring Curtain!”
5. Revenge.
Late!
Pictures with a Moral for Boys and Dogs. I.
II. III.
A Queer Barber-Shop.
Scene I. Scene II.
Story of the Catnip Ball. The Beginning.
The End.
A Needless Apprehension.
A shipwrecked Spoonbill always has a shock
When he sees a Wigbird wading towards his rock.
It makes a Cat-o’-Nine-Tails simply smile,
When a Peacock tries the Neighbors to beguile.
