26 DECEMBER 1891, Page 25

Doggrel Tales. By " A. S. M. C." (Bickers and Son.)—This

is a volume of verses in the style which the late Mr. Lear introduced, accompanied by appropriate drawings. The pictures are some- times fairly successful ; but we cannot praise the verses. It is really more difficult to write good nonsense than to write good sense. We doubt whether "A. S. M. C." quite realises this.