26 JULY 1902, Page 25

Plato's Dream of Wheels. By R. J. Muir. (T. Fisher

Unwin. 2s. net.)—This is a clever parody of a Platonic dialogue, in which the "cross-examining elenchus " is used with no small skill (by "wheels " being meant, it should be understood, the bicycle). We have no criticism to make save that there is no general purpose. It is an imitation for imitation's sake. Perhaps the best thing in the book is the discourse of the Hegeleatio Stranger on games with balls in general and golf in particular, and after golf on cycling. He shows with admirable force how there is a progression, beginning with the hoop, and finally culminating in the cycle. There are some fairly good humorous verses by "Cyclic Poets."