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The cat Hodge—along with Dr. Johnson's second favourite cat, Lily—are the subjects of a book by Yvonne Skargon (Johnson is also given authorial credit) entitled Lily and Hodge and Dr. Johnson.  The book consists of quotations from Johnson's Dictionary, accompanied by Skargon's wood engravings of the two cats, contextually associated with the dictionary entries. Susan Coolidge's ode "Hodge, the Cat" celebrates Samuel Johnson's affection for Hodge; it appears in a collection of feline-focused poems and anecdotes published in 1912, and edited by Agnes Repplier. Hodge also appears in Charlie Fletcher's "Silvertongue" as a brave and fearless cat.  Hodge also appears in Samuel Beckett's early dramatic fragment Human Wishes.  In M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin novel series, the heroine's cats are named Hodge and Boswell. The English critic, essayist and poet Leigh Hunt wrote an essay entitled "The Cat by the Fire" which features an imaginary description of how some of Samuel Johnson's friends and acquaintances would have related to Hodge the cat. In December 2020, Southwark Cathedral named its newly-adopted cat Hodge, as Gough Square is nearby, and Johnson is depicted in one of the cathedral's stained glass windows.On 15 February 2021, miaows attributed to Hodge appeared in a bonus episode of The Family Histories Podcast, with host Andrew Martin explaining that Hodge had been stolen from 18th-century London by the Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi, via the use of a time machine that features in the episode. Boswell's account is quoted, with Hodge being described as "a very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed".
Agatha Raisin Samuel Beckett Samuel Johnson Yvonne Skargon Human Wishes Sándor Petőfi Dictionary Leigh Hunt Gough Square Susan Coolidge Southwark Cathedral M. C. Beaton