Synopses & Reviews
T.S. Eliot wrote these poems for his godchildren and friends in the 1930's. They have delighted generations of children since, and inspired Andrew Lloyd Weber's brilliant musical
Cats. The poems within include:
- The Naming of Cats
- The Old Gumbie Cat
- Growltiger's Last Stand
- The Rum Tum Tugger
- The Song of the Jellicles
- Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
- Old Deuteronomy
- The Pekes and the Pollicles
- Mr. Mistoffelees
- Macavity: The Mystery Cat
- Gus: The Theatre Cat
- Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town
- Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat
- The Ad-dressing of Cats
- Cat Morgan Introduces Himself
About the Author
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St Louis, Missouri. He settled in England in 1915 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel prize for literature in 1948.