11 DECEMBER 1897, Page 25

The Shepheard's Calender. (Harper and Brothers.)—Mr. Walter• Crane has adorned

this new edition of Spenser's poem with twelve drawings illustrative of the months, as well as with decorative borders. True to his theory of book illustration,. Mr. Crane decorates the page, rather than illustrates the text, with the result that a most charming combination is produced of printing and design.