28 OCTOBER 1893, Page 24

Chums : an Illustrated Paper for Bogs. (Cassell and Co.)—Chums

is a comparatively new annual, dating from 1892, and considering its cheapness, well got up and well illustrated. There are some capital serial stories in it ; innumerable short tales, many of them decidedly good ; and the miscellaneous information which every

one expects now, in the form of " 011a Podrida." The art and technical excellence lavished nowadays upon the illustrations of these cheap papers is remarkable, and Chums is second to none in this respect. The larger plates may be a trifle coarse and rough in appearance, but the small illustrations, particularly the stories without words, are excellent. One or two of the serials have a "blood-and-thunder" taste about them ; but, on the whole, the tone of Chums is all that it should be.