THE ALLEGED WANT OF PITY IN CHILDREN'.
[To TER EDITOR Or TIES "SrscrArox."] SIR,—I expect you have a shower of protests against Mr. Tollemache's letter in the Spectator of December 24th telling a sad tale of the selfishness of children. It is a comfort that you do not share these views, and can vindicate the children's character. May I relate an instance to the contrary, as it happened very recently ? My children lost their pet kitten for two or three days. A villager found it, and brought it back. My boy, a small schoolboy, insisted that it should first be taken to see its mother before he and his sister played with it. I afterwards found him in tears over the kitten because the old cat refused to take any notice of it. He evidently thought this an overwhelming sorrow for the kitten.— Trusting that this is not an unusual instance of tender-
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