Nothing but Nonsense. By Mary Kernahan. (J. Bowden.)—A book which
fulfils its promise better than most. This is a real compliment, for, as we have often said, good nonsense is very good. Miss Kernahan's rhymes jingle musically, and Mr. Tony Ludovici, who illustrates, has made some appropriately extrava- gant drawings. There are many attempts at this kind of thing year after year at this time, but few are so successful as Nothing but Nonsense.—The Travellers, and other Stories. Written and pictured by Mrs. Arthur Gaskin. (Same publisher.)—Here is another success of the same kind, though in a very different style. Here everything is daintily pretty. The little boys and girls are dear little creatures, and very prettily arranged. But why the sad " Tale of the Sea " P It is not a thing to laugh about.—Chips and Chops, and other Stories. By R. Neish. (Blackie and Son.)—These are stories in which birds and beasts confabulate, and not only birds and beasts, but acorns and diamonds. These, too, are amusing, but it is fancy, rather than humour, that is the prevailing characteristic.—Yet another book of the same kind is The Hollow Tree, by Albert Bigelow Paine (A. Constable and Co.) Here we are introduced to the 'possum, the 'coon, the turtle, among others, so that the reader will see that he is on the other side of the Atlantic. The illus- trations by Mr. J. M. Conde are vigorous.
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