This early work by Arthur Conan Doyle was originally published in 1898 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. "The Brazilian Cat" is a short story about an enormous and captivating black cat. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in "Chambers"s Edinburgh Journal" before he was 20. In 1887, Conan Doyle"s first significant work, iA Study in Scarlet", appeared in "Beeton"s Christmas Annual". It featured the first appearance of detective Sherlock Holmes, the protagonist who was to eventually make Conan Doyle"s reputation.