30 JANUARY 1897, Page 10

New Wheels in Old Ruts. By Henry Parr and F.

W. R. Adams. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—Mr. Parr, we should explain, furnishes the letterpress, Mr. Adams the illustrations. Both letterpress and illustrations are excruciatingly funny. But funny pictures are more easily endured than funny writing. There is nothing objectionable in either, but we must honestly say that if these things are meant to entertain they fail of their intention. The jokes that are effective when made and heard amidst the high spirits of a holiday fall sadly fiat when they are estimated by a critic whose holidays are still a long way off.