2 SEPTEMBER 1911, Page 24

Ths Literary Pageant. Edited by Stanley Portal Hyatt. (T.

Werner Laurie. ls. net.)---Th is a volume of contributions,

- -is literary and artistic, furnished by a very distinguished company of writers and masters of the brush and pencil. One does not criticize these publications. That would be ungracious ; nor, indeed, do we say that it would be necessary. We may say a word of praise, however, of Mr. John Hassall's picture of " The Alchemist," a very vigorous piece of work indeed. The important thing is that it is published for the "Prince Francis of Took Memorial Fund," which is in process of being raised for the Middlesex Hospital.