24 MARCH 1894, Page 24

Prince Ricardo. By Andrew Lang. (J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol.) —

This is a sequel to " Prince Prigio," and very judiciously has for its hero a different kind of personage. Prigio has by this time become king, and is much bothered by the back- wardness of his son, who does not take to his books. It is quite impossible to describe Mr. Andrew Lang's very entertaining tale. He will not resent the statement that it reminds one of "The Rose and the Ring." He possesses much of the same faculty which Thackeray bad in such perfection, a kind of banter which never wanted taste and moderation. Mr. Gordon Browne's illustrations are excellent.