The past week has seen the publication of many notable books, of which, perhaps, the most important are Mr Andrew Lang's 'Euterpe.' Mr Frederic Harrison's 'Cromwell,' and Mr Oscar Wilde's volume of children's stories. Of the first of these it is, perhaps, idle to speak. Mr Lang contributes an essay on the Religion and Good Faith of Herodotus to the second book of Herodotus. This version was Englished in 1584 by 'B.R,' and bears the title of 'The Elizabethan Herodotus.' Clearly it is a valuable book, beautifully printed on hand made paper, but the edition is limited to 500 copies. Mr Oscar Wilde’s 'Happy Prince, and Other Tales,' is more accessible, and would make a capital present to a boy or girl friend. Mr Wilde proved many years ago that he had inherited his mother’s poetical genius, [sic] althouh his many mannerisms and eccentricities prevented us from taking him quite seriously. In this volume he proves himself to [sic] posses a most attractive prose style. The interest in 'Happy Prince' is enhanced by Mr Walter Crane and Mr Jacomb Hood’s illustrations,