15 SEPTEMBER 1894, Page 16

[TO THE EDITOR o THE "SPECTATOR:'] SIR,—As you sometimes admit

anecdotes of animals into the Spectator, perhaps you may consider the following fact worthy of record. In a hotel where I am staying, being distressed by the cry of anguish of a dog occasionally, I inquired the cause, and was told that whenever he happens to be in the hall when luggage is brought down to go in the omnibus, he utters these bitter cries, and has to be removed. His master left him here many months ago, and the supposition is that the sight of the luggage and omnibus recalls his loss ; and is another instance of the faithful affection of these half-human