1 DECEMBER 1883, Page 21

The Shoes of Fortune. By Hans C. Andersen. With a

Biographical Sketch, by Kenneth It. H. Mackenzie, LL.D. (Hogg.)—The tales, of course, we need not criticise; but we may say that the illustrations are not unworthy of them. They show something of the same graceful fancy which guided Andersen's pen. Of the singular per- sonality of Andersen himself, we get a really valuable sketch. Dr. Mackenzie estimates him justly, we think, but not unkindly.