[Vwoolf] Undigested Cats

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Ah, then see Julia Duckworth Stephen’s story ‘Cat’s Meat’ in Gillespie and Steele!

 

From: Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces+mhussey=verizon.net at lists.osu.edu> On Behalf Of Andrea Zemgulys via Vwoolf
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That must have been a tricky photograph back in the day!

 

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.

 

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Andrea Z.

 

 

On Feb 11, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Danell Jones via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> > wrote:

 

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This, too, is one from the digitized Houghton Library collection. One of my favorites. I love small, feisty gray cats! 

 

Danell

 

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Leonard is holding a similar cat in a photo facing page 192 in the last volume of his autobiography, The Journey Not the Arrival Matters.  

Thanks to all for the cat references in these recent exchanges.

Greetings on a very cold day from another amused and appreciative cat owner,

 

Diane Gillespie

 

 

 

 

 

On 2/10/2021 6:27 AM, Neverow, Vara S. via Vwoolf wrote:

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...).

 

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Vara

 

Vara Neverow
Department of English
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT 06515
203-392-6717
neverowv1 at southernct.edu <mailto:neverowv1 at southernct.edu> 

 

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From: Vwoolf  <mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> <vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf  <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
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Subject: [Vwoolf] Undigested Cats

 

“did the Woolfs keep cats as pets or indoor-outdoor presences?  I don't remember any in the diaries.”

 

See Diary 14 & 15/10/17 & 26/11/17; also 23/4/18 – all referring to the Manx cat

 

However, this paucity in the Diary only goes to show that one should pay more attention to the letters!

 

See nos. 229, 243, 2343, 2628, 3616, 3677 (recommended), 3689, 3695.

 

Finally, from an uncollected letter:

 

[On verso, small mark circled:] This is the cats paw

 

Stuart

(Day 330)

 

 






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