18 APRIL 1896, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."]

Sra,—A few days ago Mrs. Bardsley, wife of Canon Bardsley of Huddersfield, saw her cat jump on a table in the drawing- room, take a reel of cotton from a work-basket, and, after playing with it on the floor for a time, take it in its month, jump again on the table, and put it back in the work-basket. and is declared by her to be absolutely veracious.—En. Spectator.]