27 DECEMBER 1890, Page 24

For readers of a certain thoughtful—may we also venture to

say, socially sentimental?—class, a better gift-book could hardly

be suggested than the first annual volume of Igdrasil, the journal

of the Ruskin Reading Guild (George Allen), to which, in its monthly form, we have already called attention. Here we have

not only Ruskinese as it is spoken and written at its best, but a number of curious articles which will interest and edify many who are not of "the faithful." Igdrasil—which, by-the-way, seems to be edited with great care—makes, indeed, a very hand- some volume.