29 SEPTEMBER 1928, Page 26

They arc chiefly interesting for their illustrations, widely gathered, and

chosen to make a popular appeal. The two

before us are The Dawn of British Literature, by S. P. B. Mais, and Mythology, by Ernest Granger. They are more in the nature of magazines to be looked through than of texts to be studied. The title of Mr. Granger's number is a little misleading ; it deals only with the mythology of Greece and

Rome. * * * *