The Happy Prince and other tales, by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood, is a dainty and beautiful little volume of really meritorious literary character. Our old friend, Oscar Wilde, did not impress us formerly with his intellectual power or literary skill. He seemed to be the apostle of a limp and languid aestheticism, and the object of mild laughter. But we must acknowledge his real gift and grace in these very charming stories. The illustrations are, of course, excellent, and the typographical work is exquisitely done. Fairy tales ought always to be thus elegantly printed and illustrated. We congratulate Oscar, and thank him for his tales, and forgive him all his old trespasses agains the common sense of the age.