The Book of Cats
Charles Henry ROSS (1835 - 1897)
MP3 CD
(IDB Productions, March 15, 2017)
Charles Henry Ross got inspired to write The Book of Cats although most of his friends mocked and discouraged him from doing so. His friends suggested he should write books about other animals other than cats for no one would probably read it. Instead, he committed himself into completing his book and fortunately it was not a failure at all. He also published a number of literary fiction. Charles Henry Ross also referred to as Charles H. Ross was born on 1835 and died on October 12, 1897 in London. He was a British writer, a man of letters, cartoonist, comic book writer and British editorial director. He gave rise to the fictional character of Ally Sloper in 1867 co-authored with his French wife, using the pen name, Marie Duval. It became very popular in England during the Victorian era. He was very creative and versatile, was among the literary minors of the Victorian England. He created a collection of comical books, with the title, "A Happy Day in a Varlet's Life. in a Series of Hard Lines", to the Ninth Season of Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1868. He also wrote famous soap operas like The Penny Dreadfuls at the start of 1860s, he wrote a number of novels after that, and became the editorial director of the farcical magazine, Judy. Aside from being a writer, Charles Henry played a very important role in the theater. While he was living with his wife who was an actress and drafstman, Marie Duval, his 12 drama skits are shown in the stages of London and he was also the director of numerous theaters, thanks to all the money he worked for because of his literary career. Charles Henry was born from a family of artists, his father's grandparents, William Ross and Maria Smith, both Scottish were miniaturists. His relatives such as William Charles, Hugh, Magdalena, Janet, Thomasina, Georgina and Charles were all artists of various genres. Even his father was also a literary artist.