[Publib] NYPL Staffer

[Backwage at aol.com]

I am not a fan of children's books.  With some exceptions--and those  are 
simply not for children.  Such as Esther Averill's Jenny Linsky  books.  I 
mean, Jenny is simply an excellent cat-- and I don't even like  cats.
 
[side note:  I have had to empty the cat boxes at a friend's bookstore  all 
weekend while she is out of town. This perhaps colors  my feelings.]
 
Jenny is what a cat should be:  she travels the world, dances the  sailor 
hornpipe and never once does Captain Tinker have to clean her catbox.  Every 
adult should read this book and teach  their feline(s) to deal with their 
own cat box situations.
 
I found a copy of Jenny Goes to Sea at a used book store  (interestingly, a 
religious bookstore, and I'm a cat-disliking atheist) and had  to have it.  
Also a copy of 30 Years in Sing Sing.  I mean, can  you beat that?
 
And now the qualifying question (meaning the item which qualifies this  
writing for publib):  Esther Averill is reported to have worked in the New  
York Public Library.  Doing what?  Somebody out there should  know.  I sure as 
heck don't.  Maybe I'll ask Jenny.  I do know  that the author of the Sing 
Sing book was the Reverend James Ingles, who claims  to have saved many a 
soul in that dank prison.  Excepting perhaps those who  went to the chair 
unrepentant.  
 
M. M. [entered in the log as Jack Tar]
 
 
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