Identifier: firesidesphinx00repp (find matches)
Title: The fireside sphinx
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950
Subjects: Cats
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and co.
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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e othertwo eye each other cautiously from a safe distance.The smallest and raggedest of the group is a merekitten, all ears and neck after the fashion of itskind, owlish in aspect, and wise with uncanny wis-dpm. Little Cat-gossips full of Canterbury tales, and only waiting for matured acquaintance to ex-change confidences that will put mere human scan-dal to the blush, they are all three adorable in theirhideousness. To the true lover of the race, shiningfur and rounded limbs are not the only charms. He that loves a rosy cheek, or its feline equivalent, may lose much in the char- THE CAT IN ART 125 acter, the astuteness, the hundred winning anddelightful traits that oftenest accompany humbleparentage, and a plain little grey and black coat.Many a common puss holds the hearts of a house-hold in her keeping, because of qualities too subtleto be defined, too dominant to be resisted orignored. When we know just what it is that wevalue in friend or cat, the analysis blights our af-fection.
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