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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Ah, then see Julia Duckworth Stephen’s story ‘Cat’s Meat’ in Gillespie and Steele!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+mhussey=verizon.net@lists.osu.edu> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrea Zemgulys via Vwoolf<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 11, 2021 11:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> Danell Jones <danelljones@bresnan.net><br><b>Cc:</b> vwoolf@lists.osu.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vwoolf] Undigested Cats<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That must have been a tricky photograph back in the day!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On an adjacent topic, photos of “cat’s meat men” always fascinate me. (Purveyors of food FOR cats and dogs, but who can really say…). I’ve seen other photos with a London seller being trailed by scores of hungry, thin street cats at a time. I don’t believe this was a London sight that VW wrote about, but wouldn’t rule it out (on this list!). And it might give some context for the nuisance of poor Topaz.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/designyoutrust.com/2019/07/amazing-vintage-photographs-of-cats-meat-sellers-in-london-in-the-early-20th-century/__;!!KGKeukY!gsMO7bjWlYeKmFa8l-6wnhClLDN9JplXrFp6-e-66Q-Vl5dIqzgknJTD9_0BfR67dOI$">https://designyoutrust.com/2019/07/amazing-vintage-photographs-of-cats-meat-sellers-in-london-in-the-early-20th-century/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Andrea Z.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Feb 11, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Danell Jones via Vwoolf <<a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif'><B217411AF1F745BC8AC833E28400449A.jpg></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif'>This, too, is one from the digitized Houghton Library collection. One of my favorites. I love small, feisty gray cats!<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif'>Danell</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=defaultfonthxmailstyle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986__;!!KGKeukY!l0uvknNJ3BTyiN8zsybFFw8JC54D1h3Mf7uMiJ8LzSV4vcntc5PmDg98mAjFWezX7DU$">Mail</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>for Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=defaultfonthxmailstyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b><a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">Diane Gillespie via Vwoolf</a><br><b>Sent:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Wednesday, February 10, 2021 11:21 AM<br><b>To:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b><a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a><br><b>Subject:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></b>Re: [Vwoolf] Undigested Cats<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=defaultfonthxmailstyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Leonard is holding a similar cat in a photo facing page 192 in the last volume of his autobiography,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><i>The Journey Not the Arrival Matters</i>. <span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Thanks to all for the cat references in these recent exchanges.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Greetings on a very cold day from another amused and appreciative cat owner,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Diane Gillespie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 2/10/2021 6:27 AM, Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>It's worthwhile to admire a Woolf cat....This is Sappho, a Siamese. The photo is from one of the Monks House albums held at Harvard's Houghton Library and now digitalized (and the Library posted it on Twitter...).</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Ftwitter.com*2Fhoughtonlib*2Fstatus*2F1159480579940855810&data=04*7C01*7Cneverowv1*40southernct.edu*7C60411439704b480fa8e808d8cdc412a7*7C58736863d60e40ce95c60723c7eaaf67*7C0*7C0*7C637485589302152521*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C1000&sdata=pUZqJhld0sSWlsPC7lGqZ7mSNufKk4JCjmnehKrC3gw*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!KGKeukY!mb0hKsndg9aSq_Rx1YpJu6b3jlsmJbFNFpYi4ECQn2QERb1Ju4Tp6cvUZH9Dxtbm9Gk$" target="_blank" title="Original URL:
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Click or tap if you trust this link."><span style='background:white'>https://twitter.com/houghtonlib/status/1159480579940855810</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Vara</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div id=Signature><div><div name=divtagdefaultwrapper><div name=divtagdefaultwrapper><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Vara Neverow<br>Department of English<br>Southern Connecticut State University<br>New Haven, CT 06515<br>203-392-6717<br><a href="mailto:neverowv1@southernct.edu">neverowv1@southernct.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><D8BD0C01D4CD446193CD630437F2D87E.png><o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Vwoolf<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:vwoolf-bounces@lists.osu.edu"><vwoolf-bounces@lists.osu.edu></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>on behalf of Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu"><vwoolf@lists.osu.edu></a><br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Wednesday, February 10, 2021 9:10 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.osu.edu"><vwoolf@lists.osu.edu></a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>[Vwoolf] Undigested Cats<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>“</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>did the Woolfs keep cats as pets or indoor-outdoor presences? I don't remember any in the diaries.”</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>See Diary 14 & 15/10/17 & 26/11/17; also 23/4/18 – all referring to the Manx cat</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>However, this paucity in the Diary only goes to show that one should pay more attention to the letters!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>See nos. 229, 243, 2343, 2628, 3616, 3677 (recommended), 3689, 3695.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Finally, from an uncollected letter:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>[<i>On verso, small mark circled:</i>] This is the cats paw</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Stuart</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(Day 330)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Vwoolf mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu">Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><a href="https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf">https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf</a><o:p></o:p></pre><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=defaultfonthxmailstyle><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><B217411AF1F745BC8AC833E28400449A.jpg><D8BD0C01D4CD446193CD630437F2D87E.png><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>Vwoolf mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Vwoolf@lists.osu.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br></span><a href="https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vwoolf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>