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A pair of pages from a copy of the manuscript at the British Library. The Treatise on Cats (Thai: ตำราแมว, RTGS: Tamra Maeo, pronounced [tām.rāː mɛ̄ːw]), also referred to as the Cat-Book Poems, is a class of samut khoi manuscripts, believed to originate from the Ayutthaya period, though most extant specimens date to 19th-century Thailand.
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) is a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. It serves as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical Cats. Eliot wrote the poems in the 1930s and included them, under his assumed name "Old Possum", in letters to his ...
A review in Kirkus Reviews of A Curious Collection of Cats wrote "Capturing the spirit of each verse, Wertz turns a collection of otherwise unremarkable visual poems into a true treat for the eyes." [1] and The Horn Book Magazine wrote "Together, poet and artist convey the silliness of cats and their humans without ever being silly themselves". [2]
The poem is chiefly remembered today – especially among cat lovers – for the 74-line section wherein Smart extols the many virtues and habits of his cat, Jeoffry. [31] To this Neil Curry remarks, "They are lines that most people first meet outside the context of the poem as a whole, as they are probably the most anthologized 'extract' in ...
The notice of Madsen's poetry began with him posting a photo someone had taken of his 2010 self-published book A Million Bears on Tumblr, which reached over 10,000 notes in the first 24-hour period. After reaching 300,000 notes The Huffington Post featured the excerpted poem online, dubbing it the "Sad Cat Poem". [ 2 ]
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The book itself consists of descriptions of other cats from other countries, all followed by the phrase "but my cat likes to hide in boxes". After the book's publication, Sutton went on to write books for older children. Dodd, however, continued to write for younger children—which eventually led to her famous Hairy Maclary series of children ...
Cox has also published several books about his cats, including The Sunday Times bestseller The Good, the Bad & the Furry, and until 2016 ran the Twitter account 'My Sad Cat', which featured pictures of his cat The Bear. His book 21st Century Yokel, published in October 2017, is described as "a nature book, but not quite like any you will have ...