



Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England




Shireen and her Friends
Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat
By Gordon Stables
Illustrations by Harrison Weir
Published by Jarrold and Sons, 10 and 11 Warwick Lane, London EC.

Shireen and her Friends, by Gordon Stables.

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SHIREEN AND HER FRIENDS, BY GORDON STABLES.

PREFACE.

DEDICATED TO THE REVIEWER.

Yes, this little preface is written for the Reviewer and nobody else.
Indeed, the public seldom bother to read prefaces, and small blame to
them.  Reading the preface to a book is just like being button-holed by
some loquacious fellow, as you are entering the theatre, who wants to
tell you all about the play you are just going to see.  So sure am I of
this, that I had at first thought of writing my preface in ancient
Greek.  Of course every reviewer is as well-versed in that beautiful
language as Professor Geddes, or John Stuart Blackie himself.  I was