23 DECEMBER 1893, Page 24

Little Frolic (John F. Shaw and Co.), is a really

wonderful mix- ture of story and moral, prose and poetry, lighted up by those large illustrations which little children are supposed especially to affect. It is intended specially for children, but it also contains " lessons " that may not be without value for older people. One of the great charms of the book is that all the pieces, both of prose and verse, that it contains are very short.