Stories from " The Earthly Paradise." By William Morris. (Edward
Arnold. 6s.)—Mr. C. S. Evans has chosen ten out of the twenty-four stories in William Morris's poem and has re-told them in prose for Mr. Edward Arnold's series of " Books for Young People." He has done his work very successfully. The stories are told with that simplicity and poetic feeling which are essential to the proper telling of all legends and fairy-tales, and they will appeal, we suspect, quite as much, if not more, to children of an older growth—as is often the case with fairy- stories—than to the boys and girls for whom they are ostensibly written. The- book is attractively illustrated. As it is stated to be for young people, a preface written in a style far beyond the comprehension of its intended readers seems to us rather out of place.
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