4 JANUARY 1890, Page 32

CURRENT LITERATURE.

GIFT-BOOKS.

Readings for the People. (Religions Tract Society.)—The aid of colour is sometimes brought in for making the illustrations. The frontispiece, a nest of young birds with their parents, is not altogether successful ; but " The Sleeping Child," opposite p. 32, is good. "Mount Ararat," too, is a striking picture ; the colouring we are quite ready to take on trust.