. Review of reviews and world's work. Illustratiou for Hans Christian Andersens Fairy Tales (TheCentury Co.). Wood engraving from a drawing by Hans engraving has been little used lately, but is now beingrevived in Europe. The preparation of this Danish artists illustra-tions has occupied eleven years, and in them the spirit of HansChristian Andersen is transmuted more thoroughly than is usualInto black-and-white. The Flmver King, with liis rose scepter, hisspinated shanks, his benign vegetarian smile, is the creation ofno hack draughtsman. The original picture, after being exhibite
. Review of reviews and world's work. Illustratiou for Hans Christian Andersens Fairy Tales (TheCentury Co.). Wood engraving from a drawing by Hans engraving has been little used lately, but is now beingrevived in Europe. The preparation of this Danish artists illustra-tions has occupied eleven years, and in them the spirit of HansChristian Andersen is transmuted more thoroughly than is usualInto black-and-white. The Flmver King, with liis rose scepter, hisspinated shanks, his benign vegetarian smile, is the creation ofno hack draughtsman. The original picture, after being exhibited,will find a resting-place in the Copenhagen Museum. THE. OoLLIWOGG5 ADVENTUf\ Cover design (Ieduced) by Florence K. Upton (Longmans,Green & Co.). BOOKS OF VERSE FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. The venerable Mother Goose, as a suggestive point ofdeparture for the making of hew juveniles, is in dangerof being overworked. We had several up-to-date MotherGoose books last year, not to mention the amusing andabsurd Fdthcr Goose book. Now comes Baby Goose(Laird & Lee), by Fannie E. Ostrander, amusingly illus-trated, and written in catchy, rollicking Wild Goose and Her Wild Beast Show (Bos-ton : H. M. Caldwell Company) is by L. J. is printed in colors, with illustrations by the narodies the fannliar Mother Goose rhymes, withanimals rarher than people as their subjects, and is successful book of its kind. Another parodyis entitled Mother Goose Cooked (John Lane). It is byJohn H. Myrtle and Reginald Rigby. This comes withthe characteristic attractiveness of John Lanes books,and its grotesque illustrations are its striking feat
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