THIS WEEK'S BOOKS
Now is the season of fine editions, when old classics are re- born in grandeur and so nobly clothed that our awe for them increases and we are a little apt to think of them as un- approachable. Some publishers, however, are more work- manlike and honest than others in their fine editions ; some- times we can take up a book that is beautifully printed and well bound, yet not consider that we are vandals if we open and read. The Golden Cockerel Press are very happy in their publications, which are not mere shelf-books. They have
sent us a two volume reprint of the Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World,- by Leinuel Gulliver, illustrated with woodcuts by David Jones. This edition has -a notable
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adVantage over many- editions ; the. pages open flat, without the crackle of dried glue or the creasing Of the cover. same smaller book issued from the ine press is The- Birth of Christ, froth the Gospel according to St.- Luke, a reprint
from The original Akithoriied Versicin. The wood-engravings are by Noel Rooke.
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