direction. Some of the illustrations might absolutely be taken for etchings, so faithfully have the peculiarities of the artist been followed. Compare the treatment of "The Tower of the Mengia'

with that of the pictures already mentioned, and mark the difference of effect.

Here is another exquisite holiday volume, "Heroines of the

Poets," which will further exemplify what we have been saying. It has been made up of a series of pictures by Fernand H. Lungren, with accompanying text.

Any single picture will serve as an

illustration. For instance, this of Ellen, in "The Lady of the Lake," a subject of unusual difficulty, and requiring unusual skill for its proper management. It needs no second glance to see how perfectly the engraver has triumphed over his difficulties. Or, select at random any of the illustrations in this second volume

poem, "How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix." The sunburst over the eastern hills, the cattle black against the light, the panting horses and their eager riders, and the rolling