17 DECEMBER 1910, Page 26

Mr. Torrocks' Lectors. Illustrated in Co/our by G. Denholm Armour.

(Hodder and Stoughton. 10s. 6d. net.)-The Lectors (representing "Lectures" in ordinary speech) are extracted from the "Handley Cross" of R. S. Surtees (1802-1864). The book appeared first in 1848, and in an enlarged edition in 1854 with illustrations by Leech. It never, perhaps, was quite as popular as "Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour" (1853). Mr. Armour competes, it will be seen, with John Leech. The multitude of readers who have an affectionate regard for Leech's pictures are not easily reconciled to new illustrations. But if this prejudice can be dispelled, no living artist is more likely to please the readers of Surtees than Mr. Armour.