A Knight Errant and his Doughty Deeds. By Norman I.
Davidson, B.A. (Seeley and Co. 5s.)—The "Knight Errant" is our old friend Amadis of Gaul. Southey translated the romance, not without a considerable shortening, and Mr. Davidson has given us the best of Southey, bringing the story within reasonable limits and supply- ing a certain coherence. The stage is still crowded with figures, but we can follow their movements without too great an effort of attention. There is, of course, the strangest combination of fact and fancy,—warriors who have quite the look of media.eval knights, fair ladies who are distinctly feminine in their ways, with giants enchanted islands, the Arch of True Lovers, and the Forbidden Chamber. But the effect of the whole is excellent, and not a little enhanced by Mr. H. M. Brock's brilliant pictures. May we remind Mr. Davidson, whose style commonly is all that could be wished, that "ye" cannot be used in the objective case ?
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