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Cat-astrophe

If anyone ever did a word search of four decades’ worth of these columns, it is not likely that cat would ever show up. I am neither pro-cat—I sneeze when one comes near—nor con-cat—I don’t want to lose any cat-loving readers. I am just neglectful of felines. But a recent review in the Times Literary Supplement (January 14) of Donald Engels’s Classical Cats: The Rise and Fall of the Sacred Cat impels me to overcome my neglect of the creatures.