13 Cat Tales

'Lords of the Housetops' is a carefully chosen collection of thirteen tales about the beloved, clever and charismatic cat. We see the cat through the eyes of thirteen authors, including such famous writers as Mark Twain, Booth Tarkington and Edgar Allan Poe. Carl Van Vechten assembled and edited this collection. Contents:Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: The CatGuy Wetmore Carryl: ZutAlgernon Blackwood: A Psychical InvasionHonor de Balzac: The Afflictions of an English CatBooth Tarkington: GipsyG. H. Powell: The Blue DryadMark Twain: Dick Baker's CatEdgar Allan Poe: The Black CatThomas A. Janvier: Madame JolicA ur's CatW. H. Hudson: A Friendly RatWilliam Livingston Alden: Monty's FriendPeggy Bacon: The Queen's CatCharles Dudley Warner: CalvinAlden, W. L. (William Livingston), 1837-1908 Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987 Balzac, Honor de, 1799-1850 Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951 Carryl, Guy Wetmore, 1873-1904 Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930 Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922 Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone), 1849-1913 Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Powell, G. H. (George Herbert), 1856-1924 Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946 Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 Livingston Chester Lord (1851 - 1933) was the second president of Eastern Illinois University, serving from 1898 to 1933.