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LAND & WATER 
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, .'merely a curious and intcrestiiifj. but an important and' 
.significant imidont in the social and political life 
' ;of England during the last century. It teems with 
; ''interest for the psychologist and particularly for the 
; student of the newest tcind of psychology, the psychology 
' of crowds, and the full story has fortunately been pre- 
; served in one of the ablest accounts of a famous legal 
, case ever compiled. The late Mr. J. li. Atla\- lii>t pub- 
hshed The Tichbonic Case in a volume (now out of print), 
Jgntitled Famous Trials of the Century. It is now re- 
•published in the Notable Trials Series of Messrs. W. Hodge 
and Co. (is. net), and is thus within the reach of anyone 
who wishes to clothe a familiar but luisubstantial name 
with its very substantial fabric of llesh and blood. 
Tales of Man and Beast 
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OMTOKT it is to know that nothing in the world 
can interfere with the children's lo\e of fairies 
and fairy land. .Surely it is one of the beauties 
of the Christian calendar that there should be 
'this annual childi-en's festi\al, when it becomes a duty 
of each of us to take a little child by the hand and lead 
Ihim forth metaphorically beneath the star-ht heaven, 
'away from the houses of men, so that he may listen to the 
'voices of the angels which not all the big guns on earth can 
silence with their murderous roar. " On earth, peace, 
good- will toward men," the words ring with mockery 
to-day in the ears of elder folk, but they are as full as 
ever of truth and beauty to the little child, whose heart 
lingers in the lovely spots which its mind has dis- 
covered through the tales of noble and good animals 
and men. The House of Macmillan has always prided 
itself on its thought for small people, and this Christmas 
jit has issued The Indian Story Book (7s. 6d.) and The 
, Russian Story Book (7s. 6d.), both retold by Mr. Richard 
• Wilson. Of the former Mr. Wilson says that these 
Oriental stories are the same as our own, in that they tell 
the " love of virtue, hatred of oppression, tenderness 
towards women, children and the aged, bravery and 
resources in face of danger, patience under tribulation and 
faith in the ultimate conquest of evil." The Rus-sian 
; stories ha\e been taken from the early legends of Holy 
Russia and give forth the li\ing sentiment of the people. 
Both these volumes are beautifully illustrated by Mr. 
Frank Pape. 
Another Russian story book, which must be most 
warmly commended, is Russian Folk-Tales, translated 
by Mr. Leonard Magnus (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubncr and 
, Co., 7s. 6d.) Mr. Magnus contributes an introduction 
which is a most interesting account of how these stories 
came into existence. He also explains the right way to 
' pronounce Slav names. The tales are full of shrewd 
wisdom and not unkindly, though rough, practical jesting. 
The way in which St. Nicholas scored ofi the Prophet 
Elias is a perfect ,gem, for be it known that the saints and 
the prophets still walk and talk among the cornfields of 
Russia. Not one of these three \'olumes is " instructive " 
or " moral," or contains any other offence of this naturd 
to the child's mind. But at the same time the very read- 
ing of them must quicken interest in the countries of 
which they tell. And there is good reason for desiring 
that a better knowledge of lands other than our own shall 
spring uj) naturally in the minds of our children. [ 
The writer's earliest recollections of intimate canine, 
friends is concerned with a retriever and an Aberdeen 
terrier (a bit of a mongrel, but full of character) who used 
periodically to disappear on poaching i'.xj)editions. A 
thrill ran through him when on picking up Mr. Harry 
Plunket (Ireenc's Pilot and Other Stories, illustrated by 
H. T. Ford (.Macmillans, 6s.), he came across the same 
two dogs on their old exploits. Mr. (ireen tells of their 
naughtiness, which one forgives for its cleverness and 
humour, in a way that only a lo\-er of dogs can do. A 
follower of Pilpay, he endues his ever-smiling Labrador 
retriever with the powers of speech. It is allso delight- 
ful that one \\ishes there was more of it. Then there is 
the story of the big trout " Balaclava," over which the 
small boy only just taught dry-fly fishing scored a great 
victory. It is splendidly told. A book this for J'oung 
boys and old boys, and the older the boy, the more white 
hairs he has in his head, the more he will enjoy it. In The 
Grizzly, by James Oliver Curwood (Cassells, 6s.), a new 
note is struck, and one which we should like to see more 
often repeated where the beasts of the wild are concerned. 
We are taught to lo\'e Tyr, the grizzly, and in the end so 
does Jim Langdon, who, in the opening chapter, swore to 
hunt him down. He saves Tyr's life at the last, because 
Tyr when he had Langdon at his mercy, had spared him. 
The sentiment rings true, and it is good to inculcate the 
spirit which should possess all 'good sportsmen, sooner or 
later, that to refrain from slaying, may be a finer triumph 
than to slay. The story of The Grizzly is told \i\idly, 
and one is made to feel to the full the A'ery atmosphere of 
the wild mountain solitudes. 
The Black Princess (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, 
Kent, 6s.), is a collection of fairy tales from Brazil made 
by Christie T. Young, and illustrated by Florence May 
Anderson. They are dehcate stories, just those a mother 
would choose to read out aloud in the last half-hour before 
bedtime. One must say a good word for the Victory 
Adventure Book and its scries of companion half-a- 
crown volumes, published by Collins, the Clear-Type Press, 
Glasgow. They contain collections of stories dealing 
for the most part with the war and with battles on land 
and by sea. We are sorry they arc not graced bj' a little 
more literary skill in the telling ; it is a fallac\-, rather an 
injurious fallacy, to suppose that young people prefer 
slip-shod, slangy EngUsh to good home-spun language. 
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