"This book is an abridged and illustrated edition of the original work published in French by Éditions Plon in 2008"--Colophon.

Machine generated contents note: Abyssinian -- The Cheshire Cat -- Poetry in Motion -- Annunciation -- Baudelaire on Cats -- A Feline Odyssey: Bebert -- The Chat Noir Cabaret -- Cats: The Musical -- Chartreux -- Puss in Boots -- The Rabbi's Cat -- Colette -- In the Corner of a Painting -- Water Babies -- Writers and Their Cats -- Felix the Cat -- Origins -- Tweety and Sylvester -- Hemingway -- Highsmith -- Purveyors of Pedigrees -- Kipling -- "Kitten on the Keys" -- Fabulous La Fontaine -- Strays -- King Cat: Louis XIV -- The Cat Lectern -- Maine Coon -- Malraux -- Maneki Neko -- Manx -- Whiskers -- Birds -- Heartbreaks of an English She-Cat -- Persian -- Siamese -- Lights, Camera, Action! -- Sleeping and Dreaming -- Steinlen: Chronicler of Cats -- Cosseted Companions -- Tom and Jerry -- The Cats of Venice -- My Life in Cats -- Cat's Eyes.