Red Cap Tales. By S. R. Crockett. (A. and C.
Black. Os.)— Mr. Crockett found that his young people would not read Scott. He describes their rebellion in vivid terms, and gives us the gist of their criticism. That criticism is not unjust. Sir Walter wrote for a leisurely age, for readers who, when they took up a novel, had plenty of time to give to it. To us he certainly seems to be a long time in getting to work. Many people continue to read him. Hence the editions without number and at all prices. Yet the chances are against the average boy or girl knowing anything about "Ivanhoe," and very much against any acquaintance with " Waverley." So Mr. Crockett accommodates himself to the circumstances, and tells in his own way, with the skill that we all know, the story of, or stories from, " Waverley," "Guy Mannering," "Rob Roy," and "The Antiquary." The volume is handsomely illustrated in colour.
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