Sally in her fur coat by Eliza Orne White
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"Sally in her fur coat" by Eliza Orne White is a children’s novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows orphaned twin kittens—sensitive, quick Sally and her confident brother Oxford Gray, Junior—as they find a home with kind humans and navigate small adventures indoors and out. Warm, humorous, and sprinkled with verse, it lingers on everyday wonders, friendship, and the comforts (and challenges) of domestic cat life. The opening of
the story introduces the kittens’ plight and their rescue: after wandering hungry, they are spotted by a neighbor, brought to the gray house on the hill, and gently taken in by Elvira, Miss Harvey, and the initially reluctant Miss Winifred. Settling into their new home, they cause mishaps (a toppled candlestick, an alarming clock chime), receive treasured catnip mice, and witness a first snowstorm from cozy windows. A stray rival, Peter, spars with Oxford and later slips indoors during a blizzard, while a new marvel—the radio “loud speaker”—arrives to fascinate Sally. At New Year’s Sally resolves to “brace up” and catch a mouse; she finally does, only for Oxford to bat it away at the last moment. These early chapters paint a gentle, episodic portrait of kittenhood—household routines, seasonal changes, small triumphs and stumbles—culminating in the fresh tension of a neighbor’s dog named Spot. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | White, Eliza Orne, 1856-1947 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Hummel, Lisl, 1892-1990 |
| LoC No. | 29023735 |
| Title | Sally in her fur coat |
| Original Publication | Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. |
| Credits | Susan E., David E. Brown, Joyce Wilson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Cats -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76985 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76985-1 |
| Release Date | Oct 5, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 423 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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