12 MARCH 1887, Page 25

Tales of the Caliph. By Al Arawiyah. (T. Fisher Unwin

)— These tales are of adventures which are supposed to have happened to the Caliph Harems Alraschid, mingled with stories which he is supposed to have heard from persons with whom be came in contact in the course of his wanderings. They are like what we have been accustomed to read of the same kind ; and, after all, this is about as high praise as we can give. The story of the " First Jar of Oint- ment" is perhaps the best in the volume ; that which follows it would have been better away.