20 NOVEMBER 1886, Page 22

CHRISTMAS CARDS, ETC. — Messrs. Sockl and _Nathan (Jewin Cres- cent) have

sent us a large portfolio of Christmas and New Years' Cards of all kinds,—chromo-painted children and:dogs and flowers in great variety ; cards with messages adorned with very pretty little designs of all sorts; cards with verses and floral wreaths, scented cards of all shapes, cards illustrated with sentimental, or comic, or picturesque subjects, and a good many cards consisting only of landscape, with a greeting beneath. In fact, Messrs. Sockl and Nathan appear to provide an immense variety of choice in this species of offering.—We have also Christmas Cards from Messrs. Hildesheimer and Faulkner,—a number of delicate landscapes, quaint groups of dogs and cats, and other pretty designs, which can hardly fail to please those who are fond of this form of Christmas and New Year's presents.—From Messrs. Marcus Ward and Co. we have received a pack of new Floral Cards, or posies, with a flower or two prettily painted on each ; and also some very pretty little books of landscapes.