on Cruelty to Cats.

on Cruelty to Cats.

“He prayeth well, who loveth well,
    Both man, and bird, and beast;
He prayeth best, who loveth best,
    All things both great and small,
For the dear God who loveth us,
    He made and loveth all.”

Coleridge.

I am fond of cats, and am never happier than when I am writing about them; nevertheless, it is with feelings the very reverse of pleasant that I commence the present chapter. Were I to consult my own comfort, I should avoid the subject of cruelty to cats, and it is only with the hope, that I may be the means of doing some little good to poor harmless pussy, that I approach the matter at all.