1 DECEMBER 1888, Page 24

A Song o' Sixpence. By J. Jackson Wray. (J. Nisbet

and Co.)— This fairy-story relates the misfortunes which befell the people of Cheeriland from the machinations of a wizard. The incident of the song, the four-and-twenty blackbirds, figures largely, and is, indeed, the centre of the plot. The tale should prove interesting to children, who, it is to be hoped, will not imitate the bad grammar which Mr. Wray makes his old folks use, or desire such unskilfully contrived names as Iphichuse and Aziplese.