Tales of the Stumps. By Horace Bleakley. (Ward, Lock, and
Co. 3s. 6d.)—Here we have some entertaining stories, in which cricket and love-making are cleverly compounded. "Playing a Substitute," where Lady Kitty, much against her will, is enlisted in an eleven, and stands up against much faster bowling than she likes, is as good as any. The sequence of incidents which leads to this result, though somewhat farcical, is distinctly ingenious. "The All England Eleven" is a good adaptation of the famous scene in" The Golden Butterfly" where the Oil ring is introduced to the most eminent writers and philosophers of the day,—got up for the occasion.—Cricket Stories, gathered
by C. W. Alcoa (J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, Is.), are, on the other hand, true, or claim to be true, though some of them make considerable demands on our faith. However that may be, there is a considerable amount of amusement to be got out of them.
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