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Puss-cat : autograph manuscript, undated.

BIB_ID
192944
Accession number
MA 4386
Creator
Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic), 1867-1940.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Houghton, 1986.
Description
1 item (21 pages) ; 22.7 x 17.8 cm
Notes
Note in upper lefthand corner of the first page says "4118 words."
According to Cynthia Reavell, Benson's biographer, this story probably appeared in a journal before its publication in the short-story collection The Countess of Lowndes Square and may have been read by Benson on "Children's Hour" on the radio.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Houghton on the Fellows Fund, 1986.
Summary
The story of a cat that "ran" his household for eight years and then disappeared inexplicably on a February morning.