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.

June 2, 2009

June 2, 1840

Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, in 1840. He is not famous as a cat lover, but he was one, in fact wrote much better poetry about cats than the following is:

...
The steps are a blanched slope
Up which with feeble hope
A black cat comes, wide-eyed and thin;
And we take him in.

The above is from his poem, 'Snow in the Suburbs.'
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