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ENTION has already been made of a 

 Cat concert in Paris, but we should not 

 forget that we once had an English actor 

 of the name of Harris, who took part in 

 the entertainments given by Foote at '* the little 

 Theatre," who was called Cat Harris, in conse- 

 quence of the talent he displayed in imitating the 

 mewing of the feline race. He burlesqued scenes 

 from Italian operas, and probably at that time the 

 squalling of a Cat was thought to be a very severe 

 satire on the foreign singers. Only a year or two 

 ago, however, I remember a music hall singer, 

 since dead, who sang a song called the Monkey and 



