28 APRIL 1900, Page 8

Tales from Boccaccio. Done into English by Joseph Jacobs, and

illustrated by Byam Shaw. (George Allen. 7s. 6d.)—Four tales from the " Decameron " have been picked out for translation, namely " Griselda," " Saladin and Torello," " Sir Federigo's Hawk," and "Isabella." The translation reads smoothly, with just a sufficient flavour of archaicism to snit the fourteenth- century surroundings of the tales. Mr. Byam Shaw's illus- trations are equally well adapted to the text. Particularly charming is the picture of Sir Federigo out hawking with the youth. The book is altogether a satisfactory one; print, illus- trations, and text all being in harmony.