[Vwoolf] Undigested Cats

Thu Feb 11 13:27:36 EST 2021

The little brother and sister in Julia Stephen's "Cat's Meat" want to be 
a "crossing sweeper" and a "cat's meat girl" so their mother will pay 
more attention to them.  " We thought if we were really poor children, 
we /should/ see you because you are always with the poor," little Maggie 
explains to her mother, Lady Margaret, when the they are found.  And 
brother Bob says, "And we thought we would go to the suburbs . . . for 
you are always there."  As Libby Steele says in her introduction to the 
stories, both children and parents have lessons to learn.

Diane Gillespie

On 2/11/2021 8:28 AM, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf wrote:
>
> 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
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 11, 2021 11:20 AM
> *To:* Danell Jones <danelljones at bresnan.net>
> *Cc:* vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Undigested Cats
>
> 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.
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://designyoutrust.com/2019/07/amazing-vintage-photographs-of-cats-meat-sellers-in-london-in-the-early-20th-century/__;!!KGKeukY!gGfmGx2hTV_Ju1GrSTewk_oCISYveiVVwZvortJ4VBP1GSGSD1pNjDZl87ERaYFy8rM$  
> <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$>
>
> Andrea Z.
>
>     On Feb 11, 2021, at 11:03 AM, Danell Jones via Vwoolf
>     <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>> wrote:
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>     <B217411AF1F745BC8AC833E28400449A.jpg>
>
>     This, too, is one from the digitized Houghton Library collection.
>     One of my favorites. I love small, feisty gray cats!
>
>     Danell
>
>     Sent fromMail
>     <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986__;!!KGKeukY!l0uvknNJ3BTyiN8zsybFFw8JC54D1h3Mf7uMiJ8LzSV4vcntc5PmDg98mAjFWezX7DU$>for
>     Windows 10
>
>     *From:*Diane Gillespie via Vwoolf <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
>     *Sent:*Wednesday, February 10, 2021 11:21 AM
>     *To:*vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
>     *Subject:*Re: [Vwoolf] Undigested Cats
>
>     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...).
>
>         https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/houghtonlib/status/1159480579940855810__;!!KGKeukY!gGfmGx2hTV_Ju1GrSTewk_oCISYveiVVwZvortJ4VBP1GSGSD1pNjDZl87ERCwbQ7Do$ 
>         <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$>
>
>
>         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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>         <D8BD0C01D4CD446193CD630437F2D87E.png>
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>         *From:*Vwoolf<vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu>
>         <mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu>on behalf of Stuart N.
>         Clarke via Vwoolf<vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
>         <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
>         *Sent:*Wednesday, February 10, 2021 9:10 AM
>         *To:*vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
>         <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu><vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
>         <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
>         *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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