6 MAY 1899, Page 23

The Spoolak and the Antidote. By Leila Troppmann. (Sands and

Co. 5s.)—This children's picture-book was looked at with approval by a five-year-old critic, and pronounced to be very nice." Little can be added to that, but we should like to give a word of praise to the pictures, the colouring of which is fresh and pleasant.