27 DECEMBER 1890, Page 23

Fortune's Mirror Set in Gems. By M. Halford. (Frederick Warne

and Co.)—This book contains verses for every day in the year. These it is impossible to praise. They seem to us to have not much sense, and next to no metre. Then there are twelve pictures of young women, named after various precious stones, from garnet to turquoise. We do not exactly see how these are con- nected with the months to which they are assigned; but they are sufficiently attractive. Lastly, there are the blank pages, against which we have nothing to say. A little mirror adorns the topmost corner of the volume.