Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others

by Helen M. Winslow

She was such a Pretty Lady, and gentle withal; so quiet and eminently ladylike in her behavior, and yet dignified and haughtily reserved as a duchess. Still it is better, under certain circumstances, to be a cat than to be a duchess. And no duchess of the realm ever had more faithful retainers or half so abject subjects.

Genres: Cats, Nonfiction

226 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

Helen M. Winslow (pen name, Aunt Philury; April 13, 1851 – March 27, 1938) was an American editor, author, publisher, and journalist. She began her work on Boston papers. Winslow served as dramatic editor on The Beacon, 1891–97; editor, Woman's Club Department, Boston Transcript, 1893–98; editor, Woman's Club Department of the Delineator, 1897, and again 1912; editor and publisher, The Club Woman, 1897-1904; and she was the publisher of the Official Register of Women's Clubs in America from 1897. She was the author of Salome Sheppard, Reformer. 1893; Concerning Cats, 1900; Concerning Polly, 1902; Literary Boston or To-day, 1902; The Woman of To-morrow, 1905; The President of Quex, 1906; Peggy at Spinster Farm, 1908; A Woman for Mayor, 1910; The Pleasuring of Susan Smith, 1912; and At the Sign of the Town Pump, 1913. She collaborated with Frances Willard in Occupations for Women, and with Marie Wright in Picturesque Mexico.

Reviews

[Grace M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful.

[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nicely written and comforting to read.

Memorable passage:

A mother cat talks to her children, and simply by the utterances of her voice induces them to abandon their play and go with her, sometimes with the greatest reluctance, to some place that suited her whim—or her wisdom?

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cats and cat lovers/indulgers haven't changed much over the years. Interesting book on cats that the author has owned or known. Plus sections on cats in the various art forms, types of cat breeds and the origin of cats. Some of that can be skimmed through if you don't find it interesting.

[Anthony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Constant pleasure