Mother Goose in Prose.' By L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by
Max- field Parrish. (Duckworth and Co. 5s.)—The author has amplified the short rhymes of Mother Goose into charming stories, and Mr. Parrish's pictures are ideal illustrations to stories of this kind. Who would not wish to have a talk with Tommy Tucker as he sits facing one on a chair ? There is a delightful impish- ness about the boy, but at the same time we feel sure he is a reliable person as well. And who would not like to take a journey to the town where Humpty-Dumpty lives. These illustrations have a wholesome humour and fresh air about them, besides being masterly in their drawing—witness the hands— which makes these fit descendants with the prose they accompany of the immortal verses of Mother Goose. These new variations come appropriately from America, the home of the original verses,
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