14 JULY 1894, Page 26

The Winged Wolf, and other Fairy Tales. Collected by H.

A. Sheen Kaf. (E. Stanford.)—The compiler of this volume has acted on the maxim, "the old is better," a maxim especially true of fairy-tales and the like. Possibly we are too self-conscious now to write fairy-tales. Anyhow, we are glad to have these old acquaintances brought back to our 'knowledge. Contributions have been sought in various places. "Prince Lubin and the Winged Wolf" is a Russian tale, and so are four others out of the total of ten. "Little Whitebeard," the longest in the volume, is taken from Robert Morier. The tales generally will be found good of their kind, and the attractions of the volume are mate- rially increased by the spirited illustrations, fifty in number, with which Mr. Arthur Layard has furnished it.