From Messrs. Dean and Son we get a variety of
gaily coloured picture-books, all with attractions of their own. These are
Cinderella, The Three Tiny Pigs, A B C of the World, each letter of
the alphabet being illustrated by a picture of a country the name of which begins in this way. They are in pairs, and commonly
are contrasted. The idea is good, but not always well executed. Edinburgh is not on the sea, and the men do not all wear kilts; and why is the gun of the Highlander in brown so diminutive ? The Holiday Toy-Book represents, and that sufficiently well, various entertainments, a circus, a fair, performing beasts, and the like.
Happy Little Folks' Own Book claims to be in " untearable cloth ;" and Merry Hours in Sun and Shower to be an " indestructible toy- book." Fun and Sport and Merry Movements present the attraction of figures that can be moved. A new development of literature is Sunny Hours' Nursery-Rhymes Book, presenting on the outside the appearance of a cake of chocolate, and disappointing us, shall we say ? inside, with pictures and rhymes.
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