Tile True Annals of Fairy Land. Edited by Walter Jerrold.
V. M. D ent and Co. 413.6d net.)—This, we are given to understand in the Preface, is to be taken as the third part of "Fairy land Cillulifles." We have been present at the Courts of King Heath& and 'Clog Cole; now we come to King Oberon's, and hear the
stories which various guests and visitors tell. The occasion is supposed to be the rejoicings over the reconciliation of King Oberon and Queen Titania, the difficulty of the little Indian changeling having been happily adjusted. All the 'stories have, we presume, been told before. That is no drawback ; in fairy-lore, certainly, the old is better. It is quite sufficient that they are well dressed up and well arranged. But why should not King Oberon have told his own story ? His first appearance, when he acts as guide, philosopher, and friend to Huon of Bordeaux, is sufficiently picturesque.
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