15 DECEMBER 1894, Page 16

A CHILD'S SAYING.

[To THZ EDITOR OF THE esexcearoa.1 should be curious to know if the purring of a cat has ever been more prettily or more quaintly described than by a little four-year old friend of mine, who one day said of a pet cat who was giving vent to his feline satisfaction, "Oh, lietenl he's got a bee in his heart ! "—I am, Sir, &c.,

V. G. H.