Birds and Beasts. By the Rev. J. G. Wood. (J.
F. Shaw.)— The simple style, good type, and bold illustrations of this book should recommend it to boys, who will find in it their old friends of many an adventure and many a story,—the elephant, the gorilla, the fox, the vulture, and all the rest.
Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner, and Co. have published a seasonable edition of Everyday Characters, by Winthrop Mack- worth Praed. with Illustrations by Mr. Cecil Aldin. The every- day characters are the Vicar, Quince, the Belle of the Ball-room, My Partner, and Portrait of a Lady. In the last three poems Praed phrases and even poses a little too much, and becomes almost tedious. But as a rhymester, a punster, and a kindly humourist he is seen at his best in " Quince," and, above all, in the immortal " Vicar." Mr. Aldin has caught the old-world humour, and re- produced it faithfully. His work is in every respect admirable.
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