21 NOVEMBER 1903, Page 8

Denslow's Night Before Christmas (W. Heinemann, 5s.) is, as far

as we can make out from the preface and the title-page, a story told long ago by Clement C. Moore, LL.D. (We may remark that " L.L." is not the equivalent of Legum.) At any rate, the verses, whenever they were written, are very fluent and spirited. The drawings are, we take it, new; and are effectively extravagant. The tale told is a visit of "St. Nich" in a sledge drawn by miniature reindeer.—Tbere is no doubt about the modernity of Our Generals, described by Elsie C. Player, pictured by Hilda

Cowham (Raphael Tuck and Sons). We must not touch so much as the fringe of the great "Servants' Question." Mesdames Player and Cowham's representation of it is certainly enter- taining.