Oscar Wilde, in 'The Happy Prince, and Other Tales', has quite a different character from the one that it is popular to give him. He appears as an idealist of tender and sympathetic feeling for whatever is good and elevating, a purist in the expression of censors and in style and with the taste and skill! to sustain him and an earnest worker, who is able to do much that is helpful in art, literature and life. 
The tales included in the above title are excellent examples of strong and pure imagination and finished expression, and come nearly to the highest standard. They are addressed to children, but they are very interesting to all good readers on account of these qualities. In matter and illustration it is one of the best of holiday volumes. Waiter Crane and Jacomb Hood furnish beautiful drawings, which appear as full pages, headings and tail pieces. Boston, Roberts Brothers.