5 DECEMBER 1903, Page 10

Turtni - Topsy. Rhymes Turned and Illustrated by W. Gunn Gwennet. (Skeffington

and Son. 3s. 6d.)—Strong colour and grotesque sensationalism are characteristics also of the nursery- book called Turvy-Topsy. And the title expresses the leit- motif. Everything is the wrong way up. A big fish catches a little boy ; Mother Hubbard is sent to the cupboard by her dog. It is ingenious rather than funny, and makes the sort of book that can be very well done without.