16 NOVEMBER 1912, Page 12

lEsop's .Febles. I new translation by V. S. Vernon Jones.

illustrated by Arthur Backham. (W. Heinemann. 65. net.)— The illustrator has here had free scope for his power of fantastic drawing. This is shown in the silhouettes and little line drawings as well as in the more elaborate illustrations in the artist's usual manner. Indeed some of the slighter drawings are as good as anything in the book. The impertinent assumption of the fox looking away from the grapes and the ferocity of the cat about to eat the cock are alike excellent.