Like many books nominally intended for children, The Nursery- matograph
(John Lane, 3s. 6d.) is a series of potted film scenarios
really for the lighter moments of grown-up people. This seems to us a device in the realms of humour hardly less cowardly than to drive women and children before one into battle. Why not acknowledge that grown-up people do have lighter moments
instead of making a pretence that children will enjoy this sort of thing !- Archaeology.—The Temple of Leonidas in Valparaiso. A papyrus is discovered. It is found to be dated B.C. 5000, and written in Scotch. Sinn Feiners at work deciphering. The finding of the key. The document is a recipe for utilizing the sharpening of pencils to make iron joists. A limited comparey is formed to exploit the process. Present address, Carey Street."
This is rather funny—but surely not to children ? The Nursery- matograph pictures are most amusing, but again—not to children.
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