30 JUNE 1894, Page 11

Phoebe's Shakespeare. Arranged for Children by Adelaide C. Gordon Sim.

(Bickers and Son.)—Miss Sim has tried her hand on eight of the plays, having judiciously selected some that were easiest to deal with. She challenges, it may be said, comparison with Charles and Mary Lamb. This is, however, more in ap- pearance than in fact. The " children " of whom " Plimbe " is a. representative are younger than the readers whom the Lambs had in contemplation when they wrote. These stories are decidedly a success, so transparent and unaffected is their simplicity, and so happily is the point of each story given.