FABLES FOR THE FRIVOLOUS. (With Apologies to La Fontaine.) With Illustrations by Peter Newell. 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, Deckel Edges and Gilt Top, $1.50.

The central idea of each apologue is preserved, but the treatment is certainly original, and at times brilliant. The book will appeal particularly to those who appreciate the piquant humor of the writings of Gilbert, Lewis Carroll, and Edward Lear. The book-work is extraordinarily handsome.—Churchman, N.Y.

Mr. Carryl apologizes to La Fontaine, presumably for hanging the puns, slang, and very modern drollery of his Fables for the Frivolous upon a framework borrowed from a great classic. But he need not apologize. The book is too funny. The "Morals" are turned with the neatest humor, the ancient axioms are brought "up to date" with an ingenious comicality that could not be resisted, and Mr. Newell's pictures add the finishing touch to a capital bit of fooling. These clever rhymes deserve the artistic form given to them by the publishers.—N.Y. Tribune.