[The Daily Telegraph, in a report of the Cat Show at the Crystal Palace, remarks that "the cat has 'come back' as a hobby.">[

O all ye devoted cat-lovers,

Ere spending the cheques you have cashed,

Leave a trifle for tickets to enter the wickets

That ope on the Temple of Pasht.

For to-day in the Palace of Paxton

Cats gathered from every zone—

Manx, Persian, Sardinian, Chinese, Abyssinian—

Are now being splendidly shown.

The names of the winners and owners