25 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 27

The Odd Volume. Edited by John G. Wilson. (Simpkin, Marshall

& Co. ls. net.)—What better recommendation could there be than good reading, good pictures—look at Mr. G. K. Chesterton's presentment of "Rashleigh Osbaldiston " and Mr. J. A. Shep- herd's " Unrequited Attachment," a bulldog inexpressibly bored by the affectionate demonstration of a cat—a low price, and an excellent use to be made of the money? All these are combined to make The Odd Volume a favourite. There are ninety pages of short stories, verses—humorous and serious—fourteen illustrations in colour, and nearly twice as many in black and white, and all for the ridiculous suns of a shilling. The object is to help the National Book Trade Provident Society.