3 DECEMBER 1898, Page 29

The Golden Picture - Book. (T. Nelson and Sons )—This is a

pretty children's book, some of the stories being of the fairy-tale kind, some parables, some true. Now and then we meet an old friend, as that of the miller and his son with the ass ; at other times we have what seems a novelty, as for instance when King Midas finds a remedy for the touch which turns everything to gold. Sometimes little readers will learn things that are not known to every one, as, for instance, that forks are comparatively new im- plements in English life. The illustrations are good beyond the average.