The Child's Bible (Cassell and Co., 103. Gd.) is a
well-printed, well-illustrat-d, and generally handsome volume. The letterpress consists of extracts, consecutively arranged, from the Old and New Testaments, according to the Authorised Version. The illustrations number a hundred (twelve of them being in colours), and are taken, for the most part, from modern pictures. These are, of course, of various value and very different schools—it will suffice to put together the names of Sant and Ford Madox Brown —but the general impression is satisfactory.
A number of picture-books for children, of various shapes, sizes, and kinds, may be mentioned together. Some of the gayest and most attractive come from Messrs. Dean. In their "Gold Medal Series" we have Soldiers of the Century, by R. Simkin, with pictures of fights and fighters, from the Lines- man of 1801 to the khaki-clad warrior of 1901; Sailors of the Century, by the same author, showing with notable distinctness a great improvement in serviceability of uniform ; the Great Powers of the World (same author), from Britain to Japan. In the " Diploma Series," Rulers of the Sea, Advance Australia. and The Express. In the "Favourite Series," Bon-Bons, and Jingles. In the "Reward for Merit Series," Jack's Return, and The Top of the Morning to You; and in the " Gem Series," Nursery Tale Land, and The Bells of St. Clement's. The Practical Painting Book, by A. S. Forrest (same publishers), gives coloured figures on one side and outlines on the other ; the title of The Painting Box, Painting Book, and Palette sufficiently expresses its object ; an actual paint-box and palette are supplied.—From Messrs. T. Nelson and Sons we have received For the Flag, "a Painting- Book of Flags of all Nations," tip to London to See the King, Sand Castles, Romps (Gd.), Nursery Jingles (4d.), A Donkey Ride (4d.), and Alphabet of Children's Names —Messrs. Blackie send us The Animal Book, by Fred Smitb, with Illustrations by F. Specht (2s. Gd.), and Nonsense, written by Walter Jerrold, and pictured by Charles Robinson (Gs.)
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