4 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 11

The Little Gingerbread Man. By G. H. P. (G. P.

Putnam's Sons. 8s. net.)—A humorous little extravaganza of how a gingerbread cake-boy was made and of what happened to him, and what parts were taken by Mouser the cat, and Towser the dog, and Bobby the boy. The illustrations by R. G. Herbert are excellent, notably the face of the "Gingerbread Man," facing p. 8.—Fairy Tales from Brentano. Told in English by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker. Pictured by F. Carruthers Gould. (T. Fisher Unwin. 3s. (kl. net.)—Clement Brentano, a German of Italian descent, brother of " Bettina," was an eccentric personality, which found an appropriate expression in these tales.—On a Pincushion and Other Fairy Tales, with Illus- trations by W. de Morgan. (Same publisher. 3s. 6d. net.)