27 DECEMBER 1884, Page 23

Reynard, the For : an Old Story Retold. By Madame

De Sanctis. (W. Swan Sonnensohein and Co.)—We are not told anything about the retelling of this old story. Surely a short preface about so in- teresting a book would have been well worth the trouble of writing it. We should have liked to know also where the illustrations come from. It is much to be desired that publishers would be frank in these matters. The story itself is, we need hardly say, one that every one should.read.