7 NOVEMBER 1885, Page 20

Oulliver's Travels. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. (Blackie and Son.)—" Gulliver"

is happily out of the domain of criticism, and it is only necessary to say that the volume before us has been retrenched with a necessary regard to decency. The illustrations, which number a hundred, are, as might be expected from the reputation of the draughtsman, considerably above the average of such work. They are humorous without being extravagant, and extravagance is a fault not easily avoided in such a subject. It is not easy to choose any for special praise ; but we may mention " The Author Bird-catching," and " Dr. Gulliver's Arrival in Brobdignag."