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.
June 11, 2009
June 11, 1851
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the popular Victorian novelist was born on June 11, 1851. Cats figure in a minor fashion in most of her novels. She describes in her Recollections, how as a child, her family nursed a sick cat.
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