Domestic cats from ‘The Domestic Cat’ by Gordon Stables

Illustrations of a striped tabby, a red tabby, an angora cat, a persian cat, and an Abyssinian cat

Look at the pretty cats! This was taken from the 1876 book, The Domestic Cat, by (William) Gordon Stables which detailed cat breeds, their traits, anatomy, and behaviours. Stables was a Scottish navy doctor, adventure fiction author, and lover of cats—and dogs.

As The Domestic Cat is in the public domain, you can read it in HTML form on Messybeast or via Project Gutenberg.

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