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 20, 2009

June 20, 1923

Peter Gay the social historian was born on June 20, 1923. In his book, The Bourgeois Experience, he relates this vignette of Victorian England: at the Crystal Palace Exhibition there was a sculpture called "The Lion In Love." By a sculptor named Geefs, the sculpture showed a young lady trimming the claws of a lion. Interesting twist on the old story of man removing a thorn from a lion's paw.
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