7 NOVEMBER 1903, Page 8

Professor Philander-pan. By G. E. Farrow. (C. Arthur Pearson. 5s.)—Mr.

Farrow is the proprietor, so to speak, of a not =fertile vein of humour, which many of our readers will, it is probable, recognise when we mention the " Wallypug." New things and old are dug out of it. We are introduced to "Miss Minerva," "Mercury, District Messenger," and others, who assist at "a Mer- maids' tea-party," pay a visit to the "waters of Lethe," and search for a fire-escape. It is not easy to predict whether humour of this kind will take or not. Much depends on the reader's mood ; the critic; is hardly likely to be just. The illustrations seem to us a little crude.