Historical Cat Magazines

The Book of the Cat

While nothing can replace the pleasure of owning this book and leafing through its pages of history, we believe it is important to share this seminal work and therefore present a pdf version of each of the chapters from The Book of the Cat for your enjoyment.

	Introduction & Chapter 1: Cats of the Past
	Chapter 2: Cats of To-Day
	Chapter 3: Care and Management
	Chapter 4: Housing of Cats
	Chapter 5: Exhibiting
	Chapter 6: The Points of a Cat
	Chapter 7: Longhaired or Persian Cats
	Chapter 8: Some Notable Catteries
	Chapter 9: Black Persians
	Chapter 10: White Persians
	Chapter 11: Blue Persians
	Chapter 12: Silver or Chinchilla Persians
	Chapter 13: Silver Tabby Persians
	Chapter 14: Smoke Persians
	Chapter 15: Orange Persians
	Chapter 16: Cream or Fawn Persians
	Chapter 17: Tortoiseshell Persians
	Chapter 18: Tortoiseshell and White Persians
	Chapter 19: Brown Tabby Persians
	Chapter 20: Any Other Colour Persians
	Chapter 21: Neuter Cats
	Chapter 22: Manx Cats
	Chapter 23: Siamese Cats
	Chapter 24: Shorthaired Cats
	Chapter 25: Shorthaired Cats
	Chapter 26: Some Foreign Cats
	Chapter 27: Cats in America
	Chapter 28: Maine Cats
	Chapter 29: Cat Photography for Amateurs
	Chapter 30: Rearing of Kittens
	Chapter 31: Colour Breeding
	Chapter 32: The Cat's Place in Nature
	Chapter 33: The Diseases of Cats and Their Treatment
	Index

FRANCES SIMPSON

A key figure in the cat fancy, Frances Simpson bred longhairs and was one of the earliest judges. She wrote Cats and All About Them which was followed by the seminal work The Book of the Cat. Pictured above with her silver male Cambyses.