1 DECEMBER 1900, Page 14

Dan Quixote of the Mancha. Retold by Judge Parry. Illus-

trated by Walter Crane. (Blackte and Son. 6s.)—This book is very pleasantly written, and presents Don Quixote and his friends and vagaries in an attractive form. Judge Parry tells us in his preface that all he has "attempted to do is to tell a well- known story in print as one who loves it would tell it in words to those around his own fireside, in the hope that some may gather from the story that there is a vast storehouse of humour and wisdom awaiting them in the book itself." Mr. Walter Crane's pictures are characteristic of his style, and really illustrate the text. The cover of the book is particularly worthy of notice for its good colour and decorative quality.