28 NOVEMBER 1891, Page 22

From Messrs. Shaw we have two handsome illustrated picture- books,

with readable matter giving descriptions of the ways of animals in their wild state and in captivity,—Hunters and Hunted, and The Forest and the Field. Both have drawings by Mr. Harri- son Weir.—Our Darlings, edited by Dr. Barnard° (same pub- lishers), contains the usual amount of matter, varied in interest for many tastes, with pictures that seem to us to show decided improvement.