2 DECEMBER 1922, Page 14

THEOCRITUS, DION AND MOSCHUS. Rendered into English Prose by Andrew

Lang. Illustrated by W. Russel Flint. 2 vols. (The Riccardi Press. £8 18s. 6d.) These beautiful books do an excellentservice to the dilettante who delights in such things. They are for the man who likes books rather than the man who likes literature. Whether such artistic taste, however, is satisfied by Mr. Russel Flint's rather monotonous illustrations is very doubtful. They are certainly unworthy of their setting.