25 FEBRUARY 1899, Page 24

Short Sketches of Long Romances. (Simpkin and Co. 6d.) — The anonymous

author has compressed the Arthurian Legend, the Nibelungenlied, the Song of Roland, the Cid, Amadis of Gaul, and Orlando Folios° into a book of thirty-six pages, measuring 4 in. by 21 in. It is cleverly done, and the print and paper are good.