5 MARCH 1836, Page 19

CaurEstritxx's "Connie Alphabet " would make the dullest urchin laugh

through his letters; for even if the child could not comprehend the ideas embodied, the images are so ludicrously intelligible, that they cannot fail to strike the fancy. The waggery of the artist is shown as much in Iris choice of initial illustrations as in his treatment of them. We never saw Z so well represented before : it is an exemplification of the nature of a zoophyte—and it is a Hogarthian touch—a pig is grow- ing out of the earth by the root of one hind-leg, a bough is sprouting from his shoulder, and a root germinating from his mouth ! The pro- fessor attacking the vegetable animal with knife and fork perfects the picture.