Bubbles (Ward, Lock, and Co., 35. 6d.) appears in its
eighteenth annual issue. There is a variety of reading, and a plentiful supply of pictures, coloured, sometimes a little crudely, and plain. We may suggest to the writer who contributes "The Cricket Match" that when " Jack " made his "magnificent drive to the boundary" in the second innings of School v. Town, and won the match, the play came to an end. Some critic of the future will decide that "another run and the tenth wicket fell" is an inter- polation by an imperfectly informed reviser.—The Rosebud Annual (J. Clarke and Co., 4s. and 3s.) is de-iervedly a favourite with the child-public. The illustrations are uncommonly good. " We are Pussies of Japan," the frontispiece, is admirably drawn and coloured. The other illustrations, whether in black or -black and white, are all that could be wished.
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