24 NOVEMBER 1883, Page 24

The Jackdaw of Rheims. By Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated by Ernest

Maurice Jessop. (Eyre and Spottiswoodo.)—The drawings here are of decidedly good quality, the birds being, perhaps, some- what better, or, anyhow, more pleasing than the " humans." The last, "S. Jym Crowe," is especially excellent. The finish of all of them is noteworthy. The artist, we see, signs himself "B. Maurice," bat there is certainly the name'of Jessop on the cover which serves for a title-page.