‘The Happy Prince, and other Tales’, a book of refinement without and within, will do something toward taking the taste out of the mouths of Americans who found Oscar Wilde with his mellifiluous gabble of esthetics a hard pill to swallow. These five short parables tell of things either good or true, and so, despite the fact that Mr. Wilde's tenderness and fervor are not always unaffected, and his humor not always easy and kind, the little book makes good reading for children in their thirties and will make an acceptable gift to those who do not know too much of Hans Andersen and Charles Kingsley. (Roberts Bros., Boston.)