27 JANUARY 1906, Page 41

The Gould-en Treasury. Pictures by F. Carruthers Gould. (T. Fisher

Unwin. Is. net.)—There is as much humour and good humour, and as little ill-nature, in those caricatures as any reasonable person could expect in the circumstances. They appear, we gather, by permission of the author, and on the initiative of the publisher Had it been otherwise, one or two— Patriots in 1903," for example—might have been omitted. There is always a seamy side in public rejoicing, and it is not improbable that the present great Liberal triumph has not always been celebrated on lines of strict abstinence. Desipere in loco is not a counsel of perfection, but if it is to be followed, a majority at the polls is not a more honourable occasion than the safety of some thousands of English men, women, and children.