28 NOVEMBER 1896, Page 25

Stuff and Nonsense, and The Bull-Calf, and other Tales. By

A. B. Frost. (John C. Nimmo.)—These are two books of comic draw- ings. They would be better if they were not so laboriously funny. *r. Frost is quite capable of giving a genuinely humorous expres- sion and attitude, but he is too fond of extravagance. Things that have no resemblance to Nature or reality seldom amuse.