2 DECEMBER 1893, Page 39

The Merry Month, and other Pieces. By H. B. %Mon.

(Fisher Unwin.)—These short articles are reprinted from the Scottish Leader, and include a variety of topics, from a "Defence of the Dog" to the Ober-Ammergau Passion-Play. Much of it is senti- mental, and some of it has not over-much sense ; but it is read- able. We see no necessity to publish literature of this kind, and would remind H. B. Baildon that even the work of skilled writers falls but flat when cast up in this form.