15 DECEMBER 1900, Page 20

Wonder Stories from Berodotus. With Designs by H. G ran _ ville-Fell.

(Harper and Brothers. 7s. 6d.)—This is quite a sumptuous book, with handsome page and artistically designed illustrations. The stories told are—Arlon and the Dolphin, almost the loveliest of all the stories of antiquity ; Ladronius, the- Prince of Thieves, having a questionable moral and a gruesome picture ; the Dream of Astyages; the Story of Crcesus ; the Con- spiracy of the Magi; and the Story of the Ring of Polycrates.. The best material for children's books is always found in the great books of old ; and the compilers of this volume are to be- congratulated on having thought of exploiting Herodetas.