Excerpt from Cat's Cradles From Many Lands MY idea in writing this book was to gather into a small volume representative cat's-cradles from all over the world. In the case of each country I have given the easiest examples first, so as to accustom my readers by degrees to the more difficult movements. The figures are not really difficult to remember, but at first fairly constant practice is required to fix them in the memory. I Wish to take this Opportunity of expressing my most grateful thanks to my father, Dr. A. C. Haddon, for assisting me in collecting and put ting together the material, and also for keeping my interest in the subject alive ever since he re turned from Torres Straits in 1899. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.