Review: Historical feline stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2012
In 1861 Henry Mayhew wrote, "I don't know about [two] millions [population of London]" said my informant, "but I think there's a cat to every ten people, aye, and more than that."  "I told him this gave a total of 200,000 cats in London...the total number of cats in London...might number 300,000 in all."  There were enough cats in London for a lot of Cats' Meat Men to make their rounds every day to sell food for cats and some of them did very well financially.People who love their cats are devoted pet caretakers and have been for millenia before Henry Mayhew wrote his statistics about the number of cats in London in 1861.  "Cat Pies" goes through time and gives a lot of information about the cat's place in history and even who among the famous figures in  history had a phobia to the furry friends.  Times past haven't always been kind to our feline friends, and those sad tales are included.If you love cats and like reading about them, there is a lot of information in this short collection of trivia about them.  There are lots of quotes from writings of bygone days and it goes all the way back to ancient Egypt where the cat's importance was taken a lot more seriously than it sometimes is today.  It's an enjoyable read and it doesn't take long to finish it.There is a short story at the end of the historical part.  I didn't particularly care for the story's subject matter, considering the short book was written for people who like cats.  I thought it a bit offensive for those who truly love the feline species, but there is nothing to refute the fact that such things didn't happen then or now.