Printers' Pie. (The Sphere and the Taller Offices. 1s. net.)—
This is "an offering to charity," as the cover tells us, the special object being the " Printers' Pension Corporation." We cannot pretend that the buyer who may give a shilling—a whole shilling—for this volume is exercising charity. He will get his money's worth, if any man ever did when he exchanged silver for paper and print. The charity comes from the writers and artists who have given such excellent work. To the public we would say: "Do not let this be done in vain ; take care that the sale be large and the returns ample; and if your conscience still whispers that you are getting too much for your money, then it is easy to make the balance right by a donation to the fund." We do not care in noticing Printers' Pie, made up as it is of such excellent wares, to single out for praise this or that contribution. It is "a dainty dish to set before a King." Yet one picture we must name, and shall voice, we are sure, in doing so, the common judgment. "The Book Lover," by John Hassell, is quite delightful.
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