Dunsany's influence is evident on the surface of the text as well: wanderers, similar to the ones portrayed in The Cats of Ulthar, appear in Dunsany's earlier tale Idle Days on the Yann.
Dunsanyho vplyv je viditeľný i na samotnom texte: tuláci, podobní tým v The Cats of Ulthar, sa objavujú v Dunsanyho staršej poviedke Idle Days on the Yann.