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Mase 116-BHL-book (abbr)

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18-The low of a cow 19-Exceedingly, but 20-A title of respect

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THE

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THE CHINA MAİL.

WORLD OF BOOKS.

A Dip Into Feline History

["The Modern Cat: Her Mind and

Manners," by Georgina Stick land Gates, P.L.D.; The Mac.

millan & Co., 8/6 net-]

a large number of animals from the

donkey to the whale, from the snake to the eagle there is no mention Was Noah' acquainted of the cat. with it? or did it ever go into the Ark? Strange, too, that the Greeks seem to have had no word for it jexcept the coined

one, ailouros, which means a "tail-wagger," and might have been any animal from a squirrel to a jerbaa.

the old household cat which al ways devoutly closed its eyes at family prayers. Immediately someone at the opposite side of the table capped this story by saying that his cat used to take } up the Eastward position'! maintained that this was not a proof of the eats piety but of it descent from Egypt where it had

WOODBINE WILLIE

Some Biographical Gleanings

[“G. A. Studdert Kennedy," by His Friends; Hodder and Stough- ton; 5/-)

who called Studdert

"It is said that someone is always | Every one must have noticed that been imbued with sun-worship, ready to fill a leader's place when though the Bible mentions quite the cat being sacred to the Egyp he is removed, but I do not know tian sun-god Ra. Indeed, the of anyone who can completely f}} whole question of the Eastward the gaps in the hearts of countless position may be traced back to people this interesting relle of Egyptian "friend". So writes one of the 'friends' 'P. T. R. Kirk of a man, cults in our midst.

whole There are very interesting psy-famous throughout the

up world, as "Woodbine Willie." He ehological problems bound

Leads in 1883, with the cat. The cat apparently was born near has no sense of colours and can-educated at Leeds Grammar School not distinguish any colours or and Trinity College Dublin, and at tones. Does this account for her both seats of learning his achieve-

*mew' and These facts at all events seem to uninteresting

herments and popularity gave promise White cats of the life of usefulness and self! show that the animal and the pay- crepuscular habits?

A year at} chology which has grown up round with blue eyes are always deaf. sacrifice to follow. it did not loom large in the ancient Does this apply only to the malo Ripon Clergy College was followed Hebrew or Greek mind as it does sex. or la it a phenomenon of by his ordination in 1908, and he

at Rugby. to-day. Volumes upon volumes! both sexes? Is there any deep became a rurale have been written on the cat all rooted connection between sex and J. K. Moyley who has in this volume described the "Home life and Early Are orange of which study and literature the coat-colour in cats?

Ministry" of Geoffrey Studdert- ancients lost through not being ac- cats always Toms? Are black

Kennedy has, by means of many quainted with this interesting cats better ratters than any animal. And to think that this was thera? and if so, why? Are they has there been such a popular and anecdotes made it clear that seldom possibly all due to the absence of much more tasty as food than "the old maid" from the ancient cats of any other colour? Chin- there is no attempt to land

farseeing character, and although world!-for, is there any evidence ese people prefer the taste of virtues of the subject of the book that there was ever an old maid black cats to that of any other one cannot help feeling that the among either the Hebrews or the colour: 21. some Chinese have "hero" is a "man". Greeks?

assured me that they could distin

The cat is in many respects the most interesting of all our domes- tic animals. It differs from almost

all the ather domestic animals in two respects. (a) Its ancestors

nocturnal.

The cow, the horse, the dog, and

guish the flavour of a black cat Can any of our beef connoisseurs distinguish the beef of black and

Mr.

the

the

second part of the book written by

"His life in Worcester" w. Moore Ede is unfortunately all too brief but the promise of his early red cattle?

years is maintained, and as a proof, There are a hundred other in-it proof were needed, of the love were not gregarious, (b) It interesting problems-but this rethe citizens of Worcester bore their

ow is already long enough.

"Great Preacher, and Prophet" we No doubt when the cat is pro-read of the widespread lamentation perly studied our doctors will find caused by his death in March, 1929. that just as the rat, the louse and and the extraordinary scones at his the flea have added their quota funeral at Worcester. of disease to the human family so the cat is also probably respon sible for its share. Some of the diseases which were unknown to troops in France, and the portion palaeolithic and neolithic man but of the book, entitled "War Padre,"| which trouble us so much to-day and written by D. F. Carey will may have bee added by this last make the greatest appeal to many effort of apotheosis and domes-readers of his biography. tication in the animal kingdom.

the sheep are all belonging to gregarious groups and go about in droves. This in one sense pleans that they will take to domestica tion much more easily than animals which are solitary-in fact they are by their very gregariousness half domesticated already. Any person who has tried to tame birds

will have noticed bow much more

easy it is to tame birds of the finch. parrot, or starling class which go about in flocks, than birds like hawks, and eagles, which are solitary and carnivorous.

Then in addition to being solitary and earnivorous the cat is noc- turnal. We might almost say that It is the only noctural animal which has been domesticated.

And in fact this is one of the reasons why it is really not a domestic animal at all. True, it occupies the house, but it bas no manners. It takes the most com-

STORY OF CHINA

Life By The Soochow

Waters

that done whilst earning his title

His noblest work, however, was

of "Woodbine Wille" with

the

This chapter is instructive, interesting and also quite amusing since Stud- dert Kennedy's methods with his soldier friends were unorthodox, and therefore lead to many quaint

conditions. We can learn here why [the men fighting appreciated his efforts, and looked upon him not "By Soochow Waters," by Louise a "Sky Pilot" but as a friend

to whom troubles and difficulties) Jordan Milne; Hodder and

could be taken. Stoughton, 7/6.]"

Other chapters: 1 C. F. The married life of Cardine Crusader, A Friend, The Man and the

fortable chair in the room; it Dempster and Wung Pi definitely His Mesenkh and finally monopolises the best place in front proved that not every white and Epilogue are all written in a similar of the fire; it steals the food off the yellow marriage is a fallure. They strain and at the end it is impos- table; it goes out at night when it were always happy and on the death sible not to think back, and realise should be watching at home; and of Wong Pi, Wang Cardine as she that when the people of Worcester

a recluse, mourned the death of their "friend". it produces progeny quite regard, called herself became less of the proprieties or the mourning the loss of her husband hundreds of thousands of others in the true and sincerest Chinese spread over a vast area mourned purity of the line of descent. For this reason it can hardly be manner. She lived at Soochow in with them. said to have any distinct species. a magnificent house surrounded by The animal is just the domesticives another woman also English, every luxury. Across the river cat, though out of politeness we may call

our neighbour's eat a Persian, a Siamese, a Manx or what not-as the case may be.

There is possibly another rea- son for the lack of specific variety -the recentness of initial domes-

an authoress, whose married life WR8 far from being successful, When her husband died, the income from the sale of her books enabled

her to live quietly in Soochow- another recluse.

As a consequence of the arrival tication. Most of the other of Margaret Rivers, a relative of domestic animals seem to have both women, they meet to discuss been tamed by neslithic man: the her future but Margaret, herself, earliest we hear of the cat is in decides that she will live with them Egypt 500 B.C. or thereabouts. alternately. This arrangement is No doubt the chatoyansy of the carried out to the disgust of both eyes did it, with their look of in- Wung Caroline and Mrs. Clarke. scrutable, wisdom. The owl had Caroline has a great Chinese friend the same attraction in Athens Man Ling, an educated, rich, and where no higher.compliment could partially Westernised member of be paid to her patron goddess an old family. He meets Margaret, than to call her ‘owl-cyed' and, as she pears lovely showa

The present volume is a study her around the old city of Soo. The in-psychology, and is fall of in- pet name by which Man Ling is terest. Everyone ought to read known to Caroline is "Spellbinder" the chapter on the Experimental the name of a very beautiful bu! Method." A careful study of it rare flower which grows only in the would knock the bottom out of neighbourhood of Soochow

Naturally, as a result of con three-quarters of the "absolutely true" cat stories and indeed wetinual companionship the young migh add, of a similar proportion pair appear to the Europeans in the of the 'fish storles and the au Concession to be more than friends, and this possible state of affairs thentic psychic ones. We have probably all done our best to add is pointed out to Mr. Clarke and to the list of such stories. But Caroline. They decide to prevent we do not all bellave in them with any possibility of a marriage and begin to expand their social engage. equal fervour.

The present reviewer remembers!ents. Their efforts are unavail ling since Margaret and Man Ling well when at a dinner table the become engaged. At the last mo guests were telling of the wonders ment Margaret informs her cousins of cat intelligence he gave an that the engagement is over but "absolutely authentic' account of gives no reason.

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