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A BOOK OF CHEERFUL CATS 
 
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A BOOK OF 
 
 CHEERFUL CATS 
 
 AND 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 
 

 Page 
 
 Some Fun with a Toy Spider I 
 
 The Tea-Party 2 
 
 A MusicyvL Evening 3 
 
 The Giraffe F^ide 4-4 
 
Ptft 
 
 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 
 
 Y E 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.<A someJKUtcws.lo l«.a. 
 
 To m<&c-t Some. Dolls frovrj Trstrtce/ ; 
 
 Artci. ll-tc, l^IobKa-r ca-mc ,loo, to enjoy avi&W 
 
 -/VrzcL etffce'r*"W6t.:rols pletNT for trie ©Les.reoC'. 
 But iKc Kiltc-rJS were, mole, % oVa-Woc-cL Ihcir JFoocl 
 y\.«cL lre.eilc.ot Ike- ZDolls -willi j«.ars ; 
 "Whic-K ca.u.se-cL the. IvIolKcr etw etohirtcy tt<to.rl 
 
 -A.recl se-"v«/K.7 01 ". **ghl leivcjc. loa/rs. 
 

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 <ic-a,r» 
 
 The. su-pa-rlevtive/ Circus is \za,v<L> ! 
 
 "VvriVk iko d-iilcLrcre "wo'lt go, -'tis ow cLvxty. you Know, 
 
 THe-ir yourjg *»incLs lo craliaHla-rc art <?- che-ci-. " 
 
STUPENDOUS AGGREGATION OF MIRACULOUS MARVELS 
 
 THE 
 
 MUSICAL LAMS 
 
 ORPHEUS 
 
 JUMA 
 
 THE JUGGLER 
 
 LADY BLANCHE 
 THE COLOSSAL 
 
 ONLY LIVING 
 FIVE 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/ST PAY TWO CENTS APIECE AU-'RDUND FORTOU-T 
 
 10 
 
-A- J^agLrcg'Rparircp; \Li012 , of a Lamb-devouring~,KirccU 
 <R.eformed fanduwi a sweet, submissive life-'. 
 Jor with face all steeped ire smiles ». 
 
 He,, propelled a Lamb for miles, 
 j\nd he wed a^woolly -Spinster" 
 for a wife. — 
 
 11 
 
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 
 
 13 
 
Euchred ! 
 
 14 
 
OH,; tJceu* -Pajsa. ! ™ three child, rer* <£xdi9L, 
 "Ybxx, J>romise<i cioirifc you, K«.ovv? 
 Thai , next •wWn you. .should^ v te»Xe a. aricLa. 
 
 .A.IV. three*' of... VUS'shoutcL Oo." 
 I DID. that fstlher &a.icL, "Yoxx K*iow- 
 I never ' $]pea.K.. a.t .reujclorsr. 
 So get your rolle»-&Ka.te&.."\A/e<vU. go 
 Off xa a. Iea.ri.x20 lecrjcLem! 
 
 15 
 
Study of Hedgehog Stealing Apple. 
 
 16 
 
17 
 
""VvhentheBarloer at last shut his shop, 
 Irorrz/ihe clouds a Bald Eagle did drop, 
 To purchase a lotiorj, 
 JA brush., or some"notiorT 
 To rrcaKe the hair avow 
 
 OT2 His top. 
 
 18 
 
The Spring Curtain. A drama in five acts. 
 
 I. Which? 
 
 2. The Choice. 
 
3. The Rivals. 
 
 4. " Ha, the Spring Curtain ! ' 
 
5. Revenge. 
 
I TICKET OFFICE P 
 
 T Is a peyfeci plcnio day! tke liftle Jog dhl aa)u 
 n As Ke found kis/riends all ready/or the train , 
 "Still, I thought !t would ease your mind 
 
 Not to leave tkis thing behind,- 
 
 For you. Know a bonnet suffers so /rom Tain." 
 
J\ Tarn o' 6 jjaittep D og 
 .^nct a plaintive piping frog, 
 WffliaCafc\vt»se cme extravagance \vas 
 
 Clothes, 
 ~vvW to 6«® a Bouno\iitg Bug 
 Bancs a. jvg.upon a ru,; 
 While a Beetle . halanoe^ baities otl 
 
 Kis nose. 
 
 23 
 

 XjMRMQ 
 
 %TZ 
 
 zSsJznfi&S 
 
 A desultory Dog once met a dis- 
 contented Donkey who could form no 
 plans for his summer vacation. "Why 
 not go with me to Bayreuth ? " said 
 the Dog. "We '11 hear some music 
 there, besides meeting all our friends." 
 "Agreed," cried the Donkey; "'t is a happy thought." And they shook hands on it- 
 
 24 
 
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." 
 
 is 
 
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. 
 
 27 
 
Their musical sensibilities were now so quickened that they resolved to give a 
 concert themselves, which was a great success and aroused immense enthusiasm. 
 
 28 
 
Late ! 
 
 29 
 
Pictures with a Moral for Boys and Dogs. I. 
 
 8£ 
 
III. 
 
<¥\N OWL,W'i& aVlfage erf -J^i 
 0\ace (Vfeed a K^t e QreenaWa^ Boy 
 
 fi? Ty/itt BjeaK. In m^N e WSkoes, 
 "Audi my (jxilcLre-rv Airivf e ;— 
 And ft DU:-bvt Alas! for^ Bo^. 
 
 
A Queer Barber-shop. 
 
 33 
 
Scene I. 
 
 Scene II. 
 
 34 
 

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