Show A CAT OF ANCIENT EGYPT felines considered sacred and were worshiped in olden days one preserved in bronze philadelphia an interesting volun e on the place of animals in human thought has just been written by the countess evelyn martinengo ce caresco who shows us that the life of the meanest animal Is full ot mys gerlous and ties the beast Is not merely the servant of man he Is his friend and ally he occupies a complementary place in the great scheme of creation such a conception of animal life Is a commonplace with many of the older religions it has permeated pei the ahll of the east to 60 great an extent that the devout indian will not willingly injure a fly or a worm lest he invoke divine retribution in ar dent egypt cats were considered sacred and were 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 la re produced here |