The Book, Cat, & Cat Book Lovers Almanac

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.

May 17, 2009

May 17, 1794

Anna Jameson, the Victorian writer, was born on May 17, 1794. An icon of feminist history, Jameson mentions in her memoirs, this metaphor of a cat, "as they say, the little cat that has been scalded, dreads fire and water." Which proverb did not make sense to me til I recalled the obvious: fire was part of the pre-electric household in a vivid way that it is not now.
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