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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. image Some Cat-land fancies, drawn and dressed To cheer your mind when it’s depressed. image Content Page SOME FUN WITH A TOY SPIDER 1 THE TEA-PARTY 2 A MUSICAL EVENING 3 THE GIRAFFE RIDE 4-5 A VERY HAPPY FAMILY 6 A DUTIFUL PARENT 7 A CASE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY 8-9 “THEY DIDN’T HAVE A PENNY” 10 THE REFORMED LION 11 QUITS 12 THE GENIAL GRIMALKIN 13EUCHRED! 14 THE BICYCLE RIDE 15 STUDY OF HEDGEHOG STEALING APPLE 16 THE LION IN THE BARBER-SHOP 17 THE BALD EAGLE AND THE BARBER 18 THE SPRING CURTAIN ...
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Title: A Book of Cheerful Cats and Other Animated Animals
Author: J. G. Francis
Release Date: October 25, 2009 [EBook #30328]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BOOK OF CHEERFUL CATS ***
Produced by David Edwards, Anne Storer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
E UCHRED ! 14 T HE B ICYCLE R IDE 15 S TUDY OF H EDGEHOG S TEALING A PPLE 16 T HE L ION IN THE B ARBER -S HOP 17 T HE B ALD E AGLE AND THE B ARBER 18 T HE S PRING C URTAIN 19-21 “’T IS A P ERFECT P ICNIC D AY !” 22 “A T AM O ’ S HANTER D OG ” 23 T HE D ONKEY AND HIS C OMPANY 24-28 L ATE ! 29 P ICTURES WITH A M ORAL FOR B OYS AND D OGS 30-31 Y E J OYFUL O WL 32 A Q UEER B ARBER -S HOP 33 T HE C AT AND THE C REAM 34 S TORY OF THE C ATNIP B ALL 35-36 T HE P RICKLY P IG , THE P UG AND P ARD 37 M ATERNAL C OUNSEL 38 C OASTING C ATS 39 T HE E LEPHANT J UGGLER 40 A S EA C HANGE 41 A M EDICAL O PINION 42 A N EEDLESS A PPREHENSION 43 T HE C AT -O ’-N INE -T AILS 44 A H APPY N EW Y EAR 45 image
A BOOK OF CHEERFUL CATS
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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.”
image Said a Cat to his sons, “I should deem This blithe Picture-Book Boy carried cream.”
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The Spring Curtain. A drama in five acts. image 1. Which? 2. The Choice.
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image A Needless Apprehension. A shipwrecked Spoonbill always has a shock When he sees a Wigbird wading towards his rock.
image It makes a Cat-o’-Nine-Tails simply smile, When a Peacock tries the Neighbors to beguile.
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