10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AILOUROPHILIA»
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ailourophilia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ailourophilia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Informed Air: Essays
Ailourophilia. I. f i were not a christian i would worship the Cat. The ancient
Egyptians did so with much success. But at least it seems evident to me that the
domestic cat is the aristocrat of the animal kingdom, occupying a place of quality
in the ...
2
A Practical Medical Dictionary ...
Fondness for cats; ailourophilia. gatopho'bia [G. gatos, cat, + phobos, fear.] A
morbid dislike or fear of cats; galeophobia. Gaucher's disease' (go-sha') [Philippe
Charles Ernest Gaucher, French physician, *i854.] A form of splenomegaly in ...
Thomas Lathrop Stedman, 1922
3
Muriel Spark: The Biography
Evelyn Cavallo [Muriel Spark], 'Ailourophilia' (review), Observer, 15 December
1957, 12. 'New Short Stories', review of I/Vinter's Tales 3 (Macmillan), Doris
Lessing, The Habit of Loving (MacGibbon 8: Kee), William Saroyan, The Whole
Voyald, ...
4
New York State Journal of Medicine
The opposite of the above, or a special fondness for cats (ailourophilia) also
occurs. In a recent note from one of our best-known zoologists, he says, "I am
extravagantly fond of cats, and a big fellow is now at my elbow." As a kindly ...
5
The Informed Air: Essays
The collected essays of the award-winning Scottish novelist of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Memento Mori elevates the mundane in her life, featuring her thoughts on cats, favorite writers, love, parties and life in wartime London.
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The Chambers Dictionary
n ailurophilia or ailourophilia (-/;//-,>! love of cats. — adj ailurophilic or ailourophil
ic — n ailur'ophobe or allour'ophooe (-fob) a cat hater; someone with an
abnormal fear of cats. — n ailuropho bia or ailouropho bia — <;<// ailuropho bic
or ...
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A.L. Rowse: A Bibliophile's Extensive Bibliography
Paragraph commencing, "The book that gave me most pleasure is also the one
from which I learned the most: Baldwin Smith's Henry VIII (Cape, £2.95)." D490.
Spectator, December 25, 1971, pp. 933-935 Short story: "Ailourophilia- ...
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A practical medical dictionary
Fondness for cats; ailourophilia. gatopho'bia [G. gatos, cat, + phobos. fear.) A
morbid dislike or fear of cats; galeophobia, ailouro- phobia. Gaucber's disease' (
go-sha') [Philippe Charles Ernest Gaucher, French physician, "1854.] A form of ...
Thomas Lathrop Stedman, 1930
In mid-twentieth-century London, aspiring young writer Fleur Talbot becomes secretary to a motley group of egoists who are composing their memoirs in advance and uncovers material enough for any novelist, but is perplexed by the familiarity ...
10
Curriculum Vitae: A Volume of Autobiography
Muriel Spark s bracingly salty memoir is a no-holds-barred trip through an extraordinary writer s life.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AILOUROPHILIA»
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ailourophilia is used in the context of the following news items.
A Lady With the Spark of Wit
Even more amusingly, Spark's essay on cats, “Ailourophilia,” has been filed under “Faith” rather than “Miscellany,” which is also, in its way, fitting. “If I were not a ... «American Spectator, Oct 14»
Get Your Bookshelf (And Your MIND) Right With Muriel Spark
Although The Informed Air (containing the rest of the cat essay, “Ailourophilia”) and the other books in the collection won't be released until ... «The Awl, Feb 14»
