18 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 10

Stories from the Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Housman, with

Drawings by Edmond Dulac. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s. net.)—The stories are " Ali Baba," " The Magic Horse," " The Fisherman and the Genie," "The Prince of the Ebony Isles," and another less familiar. Mr. Housman's way of telling them is all that could be desired, and Mr. Dulac's drawings are admirably characteristic. We are inclined to think the "Arabian Nights" rather "strong meat for babes," but if we are to have the dish we could not have it better prepared.