2 JANUARY 1897, Page 35

The Zankiwank and the Bletherwitch. By S. J. Adair - Fitzgerald. With

Pictures by Arthur Rackham. (J. M. Dent and Co.)—We think that the pictures are good in this book ; we think also, but with the hesitation which a difficult matter demands, that the text is but poor fun. We say "difficult matter" because there is nothing about which opinions differ so much. What amuses A simply bores B. We can only say that the extravagances of the Zankiwank and his company do not touch our sense of the ridiculous.