"Continuing his quest for cats that live in unusual places, photographer Richard Surman has turned his attention to cats of more general ecclesiastical persuasion - those that live in abbeys, priories, churches and minsters.

He records an amusing diversity of felines, including frsiky Franciscan cats at Brecon, serene monastic cats at Buckfast Abbey, demure Burmese cats at St Michael's Church, Ledbury, and a rumbustious feline West Ham supporter at West Ham's All Saints."

This books is a replacement for one that has gone MIA and going to continue the Ring which the previous copy started, together with its 2 original travelling companions, One Hundred Ways for a Cat to Train Its Human and How to Live with a Neurotic Cat,plus a third, The World's Greatest Cat Cartoons which has been picked up along the way.

Participants - in shipping order unless any more latecomer names are added - are:

Laura0141 - Scotland - =>
Ladychass - England - =>
Wiblick - Ireland - =>
Battypuss - France - =>
Kitten22 - USA - =>
Megi53 - USA - =>
Tchouli - USA - =>
JustJen - USA - =>
Sundaisy920 - USA =>
Adrienne10 - USA =>
MollyGrue - USA =>
Nwpassage - Canada (formerly compscigirl)
Lunna - Brazil
Libertine - Australia
Tammychi - Hawaii
Jalna - Wales

Arrived safely today. Can't wait to take a look!

Simply charming. I didn't particularly care for the author's tone and description of the cats, but the pictures were perfect!

Off to Megi53.

Arrived in today's mail -- how pretty it is! Elegant sketches of the churches and great photos of the cats.

Reading this gave me a close-up glimpse of English landscapes. How I wish I had a decent atlas so I could see exactly where these churches are located!

Maybe it's just my area of the U.S. -- I've always lived in the South -- but the cats in these pictures look so different from the ones I'm used to. The Siamese that Surman photographed have lighter-colored bodies, and there are so many patched, ticked, and tortoiseshell cats.

All the vignettes were good, but my favorite was about Minou, who reminded the author of Dick Whittington's cat. I'd forgotten about that great childhood tale!

I got a kick out of Tara (aka Cheeky) and the statue of the Bishop with the playful stone cat.

Thanks so much for reviving this bookring! I'm mailing all four of the books to tchouli on Tuesday.

recvd today - meow

wonderful photos
thanks for sharing - this will be mailed out on mon may 2nd.

mailed today

Received today as part of a book ring.

Haven't read this one yet. TBR

Thanks for sharing this. I will get this on its way with its companions very soon.

These books were worth the wait to read. I have really enjoyed reading them all.

I found this to be an interesting little book. Had good pics in it.

I sent it on its way on 5-20-05.

Thanks for sharing.

Arrived safely :)

Received in this week's mail. Thanks for including me. Will pass these along as soon as possible.

Update Oct '05: This has lovely pictures and fun little stories. It was good entertainment during a Colloquia.

All books that were in this group were sent together in October of 2005. The two other books with this set were journaled, so I am not sure what happened to this book and why it was not journaled in October 2005 with the other two by the person after me.