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A BOOK OF CHEERFUL CATS

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A BOOK OF

CHEERFUL CATSAND 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 The Cknturv Co.

Printed ir U. S. A

Library, Univ o

North Caroluu

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Some Fun with a Toy Spider I

The Tea-Party 2

A MusicyvL Evening 3

The Giraffe F^ide 4-4

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A Very Happy Family 6

A Dutiful Parent 7

A Case of Highway Robbery 8-9

"They didn't h^ve fi Penny" K)

The Reformed Lion II

Quits . 12

The Gljiial Grimalkin 13

Euchred! H

The Bicycle Ride 15

Study of Heogehog Stealing Apple 16

The Lion in the Barber-Shop 17

The Bald Eagle and the Barker . 18

The Spring Curtain 19-21

P.ge

" T is a Perfect Picnic Day!" 22

"A "!>m o' Shunter, Dog" „ 23

The Donkey and his Company 24-28

Late! 29

Pictures with a Moral for Boys and Dogs 30-31

YE Joyful Owl 32

A Queer Barber-Shop 33

The Cat and the Cream 34

Stoky of the Catnip Ball 35-36

The Prickly Pig, the Pug a^d Pard 37

MjATern^l Counsel 38

Coasting Cats 39

The Elephant Juggler 40

A Se^ Ch^ge

A Medical Opinion

A Needless Apprehension

The Cat-o'-N>ne-Tails

A H^ppy New Ye^r .

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A BOOK OF CHEERFUL CATS

Some Fun with a Toy Spider.

.A. liltle. Gcirl a.sKe.

They were happy and did laugh

When their friend, the big Giraffe,

Tried his speed along the highway with the cars,

But their joy was turned to grief

When their charger bit a leaf

That was growing in a region near the

stars.

^A. "very Plappy Tsv-mily

The Mother sings a. Song of youth, ©.nd :May»

The/ T©.th.eir cLolh. tine- festive fiddle/ play,

^Neighbors strolling on Ine fence-

Slop etnet Smile "with, joy intense,

While/ tbe happy Kittens dance the- livelong deM

DUTirUL. PARENT.

OrlocL a, ce.'t to his "wife/ , Sco, my

STUPENDOUS AGGREGATION OF MIRACULOUS MARVELSTHE

MUSICAL LAMS

ORPHEUS

JUMATHE JUGGLER

LADY BLANCHETHE COLOSSAL

ONLY LIVINGFIVE EARED

•A CASE OF

i^ilGHWAf -ROBBEKf

Said a Cat to his sons, "I should deem

This blithe Picture-Book Boy carried cream."

THEY DIDM*T HAVE APriUNV,AND COULDN'T BORROW ANY,

AMDTHEV OWED EXACTLY WALK A DIME FOR. COAL. ;SO THEY SAIo/we'LJ. RUN AWAY, -WHEN A GOOSE CAME OUT TO SAYt

YOU MI/STPAYTWO CENTS APIECE AU-'RDUND FORTOU-T

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-A- J^agLrcg'Rparircp; \Li012 , of a Lamb-devouring~,KirccU

Quits.

12

Che/ Cjconietl ^j^rim^XKin.

"TXTho c-ou.lcL j oK& lill yoxx e-rLcd, Hold , craou.cflr!Tr-Iis TkJlfc/ euncl Jiis C-hild do voe-jrai^le/Yzlly drreilod

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Euchred

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OH,; tJceu* -Pajsa. ! ™ three child,rer*

Study of Hedgehog Stealing Apple.

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""VvhentheBarloer at last shut his shop,

Irorrz/ihe clouds aBaldEagle did drop,To purchase a lotiorj,JA brush., or some"notiorTTo rrcaKe the hair avow

OT2 His top.

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The Spring Curtain. A drama in five acts.

I. Which? 2. The Choice.

3. The Rivals. 4. " Ha, the Spring Curtain !

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5. Revenge.

ITICKET OFFICE P

T Is a peyfeci plcnio day! tke liftle Jog dhl aa)unAs Kefound kis/riends all ready/or the train

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"Still, I thought !t would ease your mindNot to leave tkis thing behind,-For you. Know a bonnet suffers so /rom Tain."

J\ Tarn o' 6jjaittep Dog.^nct a plaintive piping frog,

WffliaCafc\vt»se cme extravagance\vasClothes,

~vvW to 6«® a Bouno\iitg BugBancs a. jvg.upon a ru,;

While a Beetle. halanoe^ baities otl

Kis nose.

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A desultory Dog once met a dis-

contented Donkey who could form no

plans for his summer vacation. "Whynot go with me to Bayreuth ? " said

the Dog. "We '11 hear some musicthere, besides meeting all our friends."

"Agreed," cried the Donkey; "'t is a happy thought." And they shook hands on it-

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On the way they met a fashionable Cat,

and also a proud and sensitive young Fowl,

who both declared they had long desired to

go to Bayreuth. And so the four walked on

in company.

About noon the second day they sudden-

ly stopped to listen, for they heard distant

music. "That must be the ending of an

overture," said the Dog. "I should judge

by the sound we were now about three

miles from the Opera House."

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Arriving at the Opera House, they

found all the seats were sold, and that

they could gain no admittance ; and this

so disappointed the sensitive Fowl that

the others kindly assisted him to look in

at an upper window.

The music which poured from the

building now so stirred them that they

simultaneously burst into song.

After the opera they all went to the Inn, where they had an

excellent dinner, and then spent the evening in happy festivity.

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Their musical sensibilities were now so quickened that they resolved to give a

concert themselves, which was a great success and aroused immense enthusiasm.

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Late !

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Pictures with a Moral for Boys and Dogs. I.

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III.

A Queer Barber-shop.

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Scene I. Scene II.

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IV jticvKcs cv Cea-t- o'-nvy-i«,-'S^c«-lls pimply smiU ,

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