the cat in a famous nursery tale by this name. The story has many sources, but it is best known from French writer Charles Perrault's tale Le Chat Botte (1697). The cat is marvelously accomplished, and by ready wit or ingenious tricks secures a fortune and royal wife for his master, a penniless young miller, who passes under the name of the marquis de Carabas. —SHSBC Binder 1 Glossary