Letters from a Cat / H.H. (Helen Hunt Jackson)

Letters from a Cat: Published by Her Mistress for the Benefit of All Cats and the Amusement of Little Children/ H.H. (Helen Hunt Jackson). Boston: Roberts Brothers 1880. (89 p.)

I can't resist a book written from the animal's point of view. If the animal tells the story, I figure he's unlikely to die in the last few pages. But the introduction of Letters from a Cat is written from a human's perspective, and unfortunately it reveals the sad post script to the cat's letters.

Except for the introduction, Letters from a Cat is exactly that: Letters from a cat to her child guardian who on a trip with her father. The voice of the cat, Pussy, is endearing in its Victorian formality. Through her cat's eyes, Pussy is a keen observer of the human animals around her.