5 DECEMBER 1903, Page 10

Bold Turpin : a Romance. With many Pictures drawn by

L. D. L. (Longmans and Co. 6s.)—" L. D. L." shows him- self a clever draughtsman and colourist in this Christmas edition of the romance of Dick Turpin. But in spite of the engaging little boy who figures in black and white on the fly-leaf, the book is not for the nursery. The scenes are too gruesome, the humour is too cynical. The volume is one to be added to the heap that amuses the "grown-ups" after a dinner-party, though we have no doubt that the youngsters, if they get hold of it, will be equally fascinated by the tale of the disaster which overtook the portly Bishop in his lawn sleeves as he drove in that wonderful coach over Hounslow Heath.