Of picture-books for young children we have received :—Mother's and
Mine : Her Stories while I Paint. Outline Pictures by T. Pym, Stories by C. Shaw. (J. F. Shaw and Co.)—Some of these are very charming little pictures, Miss Pym having not a little of John Leech's knack of making a pretty face out of four or five strokes of his pen.
Now and then we get a careless bit, as " A Bargain." " Old Friends,"
too, is scarcely pleasing. The " stories " are simple little things, well suited for their purpose.—The White Swans, and other Tales,
by Hans Andersen, illustrated by Alice Haves (Hildersheirner and Faulkner).—Here are six tales, nicely illustrated, some of the pic- tures being in sepia, and some in colours, these last pleasantly com- biped. The faces, too, are often very pretty, as, for instance, that of the girl in the " Daisy." The figure in " The White S wane " of the girl picking apples is very graceful, not unworthy of the exquisite tale to which it belongs.—Tales from Dame Marjorie's Chimney
Corner, by F. S. I. Borne and H. J. A. Miles (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—Here are thirty pictures of home scenes,
for the most part done in the blue colour which ornamented tiles are worked in, with appropriate verses, making together a neat little book.—Staleandpencilrania, decyphered by Walter Crane (Marcus Ward and Co.), is a humorous extravaganza of the adventures of " Dick," who, setting sail by himself on the sea, comes to a land where the rule of life is arithmetic. Mr. Crane's drawings are full of fun.—Three Fairy Princesses, illustrated by Caroline Peterson (same publishers), contains the three stories of "The Princess Snow- White, Cinderella, and the Sleeping Beauty," prettily set forth by pen and pencil.—Sketches from the Inventories, by John Dimdale Verdian and Co.), must be intended for children of a large growth. They will serve as a pleasant remembrance of the summer of 1885.
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