24 NOVEMBER 1888, Page 23

Two amusing little stories of the fable kind, both of

them humorously illustrated, are published by Messrs. Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.,—The Biter Bit ; or, the Sad End of a Tail ; and The Yolk Laid on the Biggest Shoulder, in which a young Owl is made the tool of a wicked Crow and Magpie. These two villains, when they are accosting the inexperienced Owl, are capitally drawn. Very good, too, are the Robin Red-Breast policemen.—From Messrs. Frederick Warne and Co. we have received A Merry-Go- Round. Rhymes by A. J. Daryl. Illustrated by Constance Hasle- wood.—The verses jingle well enough, and the pictures are gaily coloured—perhaps a shade too gaily coloured—and fairly well drawn. " My Pug," on p. 60, and " Organ and Monkey," on p. 64, are as good as any.