The history of Tabby, a favourite cat: As related by herself to her kitten: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The history of Tabby, a favourite cat: As related by herself to her kitten is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Smyth, E..
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"The history of Tabby, a favourite cat : As related by herself to her kitten" by E. Smyth is a children’s moral tale written in the early 19th century. The book follows a mother cat narrating her life to teach virtues such as humility, gratitude, self-control, and kindness toward animals. Tabby recounts her youth in a cottage, her pride and disobedience, and a perilous attempt to reach the big house that ends with a fall into a cellar and a painful rescue by kind children, especially Henry and Phœbe. Settled with the Meade family, she sketches their characters—Eliza’s conceit, Henry’s compassion, Clara’s delicacy, Augustus’s rashness, and Phœbe’s tenderness—then confesses her worst lapse: killing Henry’s pet dormice. Shamed by his fairness, she reforms and later proves her virtue by resisting the pigeons while locked overnight in their loft, earning praise. She also endures cruelty from visiting boys who maim her, but Henry protects her thereafter. The tale closes with her affectionate counsel to her kitten and a quiet return indoors, underscoring repentance, gentleness, and just treatment of animals.
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- Title: The history of Tabby, a favourite cat: As related by herself to her kitten
- Author credits: Smyth, E.
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Animal welfare -- Juvenile fiction
- Cats -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
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- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
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