21 JANUARY 1882, Page 23

A Moonbeam Tangle. By Sydney Shadbolt. (Cassell and Co.)— This

is one of the numerous imitations of "Alice in Wonderland " which have administered to " Lewis Carroll " so mach sincere flattery. How far short it falls of the original we need not say, but it cer- tainly is a fairly good copy of a thing that can hardly be well copied. It is not impossible to laugh at the unexpected turns and resem- blances, while the verses are smooth, and now and then entertaining.