Lords of the Housetops is a carefully chosen collection of thirteen tales about the beloved, clever and charismatic cat. We see the cat through the eyes of thirteen authors, including such famous writers as Mark Twain, Booth Tarkington and Edgar Allen Poe.
Carl Van Vechten assembled and edited this collection, along with translating de Balzac's offering from French to English.
Here are the cat tales your will enjoy in this work:
The Cat by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Zut by Guy Wetmore Carryl
A Psychical Invasion by Algernon Blackwood
The Afflictions of an English cat by Honore de Balzac
Gipsy by Booth Tarkington
The Blue Dryad by George Herbert Powell
Dick Baker's Cat by Mark Twain
The Black Cat by Edgar A. Poe
Madame Jolicoeur's Cat by Thomas Allibone Janvier
A Friendly Rat by William Henry Hudson
Monty's Friend by William Livingston Alden
The Queen's Cat by Peggy Bacon
Calvin by Charles Dudley Warner
This books makes a wonderful gift for any cat lovers that you know!
