10 DECEMBER 1887, Page 9

We have to acknowledge an illustrated edition of Kidnapped. By

B. L. Stevenson. (Cassell and Co.)—It too frequently happens that illustrations, so called, neither explain nor adorn the volumes in which they are found. They are hastily done by artists who read very rapidly—sometimes seem not to read at all—the books which they illustrate. Kidnapped has been better treated. The artist has had time to assimilate the story, and to form some conception of its scenery and characters ; and he has produced drawings which do really add to the singular attraction of the story.