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of historical trivia regarding books, cats, and other animals. Actually this blog has evolved so that it is described better as a blog about cats in history and culture. And we take as a theme the advice of Aldous Huxley: If you want to be a writer, get some cats. Don't forget to see the archived articles linked at the bottom of the page.

February 14, 2019

February 14, 1975

The world lost the extraordinary talent of P. G. Wodehouse on February 14, 1975. He joked about cats, and he loved them. One of his earliest writing contains this description:

'His black heart was hidden by a sleek coat of tabby fur, which rendered stroking a luxury. His scheming brain was out of sight in a shapely head.

This is from "The Tabby Terror", a 1902 story.

His depictions of cats are just a fraction of his genius. I like what Evelyn Waugh wrote on a Christmas gift to Wodehouse, in 1961; to: ‘The head of my profession.’ 
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