The Metaphysical Cat: Tales of Cats and Their Humans

Gerald Hausman, Loretta Hausman. Hampton Roads Publishing Company, $16.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-1-57174-256-8

Anyone believing that cats live in another dimension will relish The Metaphysical Cat: Tales of Cats and Their Humans by Gerald and Loretta Hausman (authors of 1998's The Mythology of Cats). The book reveals felines' supernatural, mystical, metaphysical side, combining newspaper stories, sketches and personal anecdotes from the authors' lives to humorously yet seriously describe the mystical role that cats have in society and in history. (Sept.)

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