13 DECEMBER 1884, Page 20

In and Out. By Ismay Thorn. With illustrations by Lily

Chitty. (W. Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—Some of these pictures are very .quaint; the "elves," for instance, queer little old men, sitting in toadstools or letting themselves down by gossamer threads, are particularly good ; with human figures the designer is, perhaps, less happy-