23 APRIL 1898, Page 22

A Lowden Sabbath Morn. By R. L. Stevenson. With 27

Illustrations by A. S. Boyd. (Chatto and Windus.)—These illus- trations to Mr. Stevenson's " Scots" poem are distinctly clever, especially in their characterisation of the various "attendants " of the village kirk. The "Elders at the Plate" is, indeed, an ex- tremely good piece of character drawing. The style of illustra- tion is "a throw-back" to that of the Cornhill and other ' periodical' in the sixties and early seventies.