5 JUNE 1886, Page 24

The Looking-Glass. By Theophilns Marcliffe. (Bemrose and Sons.)—This is a

" fac-simile reprint" of the edition of 1805. It is "a true history of the early years of an artist," and its interest lies in the facts, proved beyond question in the appendix furnished by Mr. F. G. Stephens, that it was written by William Godwin, and that it relates the early experiences of William Mnlready, R.A. Mulready was born in 1786, and died not many years ago. The frontispiece, " from an original drawing by a boy of nine years of age," is a very vigorous and characteristic piece of work. The story itself is nothing less than delightful, so frank and simple is it. One regrets that it does not carry the narrator beyond his fifteenth year.