Show A CAT OF ANCIENT EGYPT felines considered sacred and were worshiped in olden days one preserved in bronze philadelphia an interesting volume on the place of animals in human thought has just been written by the countess evelyn martinengo ce sa resco who shows ua that the life ot the meanest animal is full of mys gerlous and ties the beast Is not merely the servant of man be Is his friend and ally he occupies a complementary place in the great scheme of creation such a conception of animal life is a egyptian cat preserved in bronze commonplace with many of the older religions it has permeated the ahll of the east to so great an extent that the devout indian will not willingly injure a fly or a orm lest he invoke divine retribution in an dent egypt cats were considered sacred and wore worshiped one of these egyptian cats preserved in bronze in the collection of the french ambassador at rome forms one of the illustrations in the volume and Is re produced here |