17 MARCH 1888, Page 25

Ile Omnibus Rebus, by the Author of "Flemish Interiors" (J.

C. Nimmo), fully justifies its title. It is a congeries of puns, jokes, stories, quotations, everyday reflections, good, bad, and indifferent, strung together by the slightest thread of omnibus-travelling com- panionship. It is a book which no sane person not a reviewer on duty would ever dream of reading through, but which, if dipped into here and there, is sure to provide something amusing. It contains a good many illustrations, which vary in quality as greatly as the other contents.