Mr. Stephen Leacock's Nonsense Novels appears in an illus- trated
repriiit (Lane. 10s. 6d. net). We must commend the illustrator, Mr. John Kettlewell, on his success. His droll coloured designs are as funny in their way as the text.---inother good reprint is that of Mr. W. H. Hudson's fairy tale, A Little Boy Lost, with graceful drawings in line and colour by Miss Dorothy P. Lathrop (Duckworth. 21s. net).-Mr. Arthur Rackham has found a sympathetic theme for his pencil in an illustrated edition of Milton's Corn us (Heinemann. 25s. net). The coloured drawings are some of the best that he has done for years past, probably because the subjects are more varied and not exclusively grotesque. The rout of the revellers is a speoially vigorous design.-=Mr. W. Heath Robinson has illustrated, in line and colour, Old Time Stories Told by Master Charles Perratlt, translated by A. E. John4on (Constable. 15s. net).
It is an attractive book, in which the artist is seen to advantage.
-Mr. Clifford Mills has retold as a story the favourite children's play, Where the Rainbow Ends (Hodder and Stoughton, 20s. net), and Mr. Leo Bates has illustrated it with much ability. The play, as we should expect, makes an entertaining and exciting tale.--We may commend also reprints of The Pilgrim's Progress
shorn of the long conversations and illustrated by Mr. H. J. Ford (S.P.C.K., 10s. Od. net) ; Mr. Midshipman Easy, illus- trated by Miss Sybil Tawse (A. and C. Black, 7.s. 6d. net), and Robinson Crusoe, very well printed, and illustrated by Mr. A. E. Jackson (Ward, Lock, Os. net).
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