The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories First Edition, First edition

Marc Notes: Cat lovers can sink their claws into this collection of more than 20 stories about felines. Classic tales by Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Emile Zola, Saki, H. P. Lovecraft, and others range from Charles Perrault's rendition of 'Puss in Boots' to Rudyard Kipling's 'The Cat That Walked by Himself.'. Publisher Marketing: Cat fanciers will want to curl up with this collection of tales about felines of many temperaments adventurous, naive, crafty, and independent. Nearly thirtystories offer a rich variety of moods and settings, from H. P. Lovecraft's chilling tale of revenge, "The Cats of Ulthar," to Honore de Balzac's droll satire of British respectability, "The Afflictions of an English Cat."Selections include Emile Zola's fable "Cat's Paradise," in which an indoor cat takes to the streets; "Gipsy" by Booth Tarkington, a brilliant study of a wild cat; "The Catthat Walked by Himself" from Rudyard Kipling's "Just So" stories; "Tom Quartz" by Mark Twain; "How a Cat Played Robinson Crusoe" by Charles G. D. Roberts; Charles Perrault's classic rendition of "Puss in Boots"; and entrancing cat tales by Saki, Bram Stoker, Theophile Gautier, and others."