Cat fanciers will want to curl up with this collection of tales about felines of many temperaments ― adventurous, naive, crafty, and independent. Nearly thirty stories offer a rich variety of moods and settings, from H. P. Lovecraft's chilling tale of revenge, "e;The Cats of Ulthar,"e; to Honoré de Balzac's droll satire of British respectability, "e;The Afflictions of an English Cat."e;Selections include Emile Zola's fable "e;Cat's Paradise,"e; in which an indoor cat takes to the streets; "e;Gipsy"e; by Booth Tarkington, a brilliant study of a wild cat; "e;The Cat that Walked by Himself"e; from Rudyard Kipling's Just So stories; "e;Tom Quartz"e; by Mark Twain; "e;How a Cat Played Robinson Crusoe"e; by Charles G. D. Roberts; Charles Perrault's classic rendition of "e;Puss in Boots"e;; and entrancing cat tales by Saki, Bram Stoker, Théophile Gautier, and others.
