AMONG the books adapted alike to young and old it would be difficult to match for charm of style or beauty of sentiment this collection of exquisite tales by Oscar Wilde. They are, indeed, veritable poems in prose, and could have been writ- ten only by one who was truly a poet at heart. Rarely have the virtues and failings of poor humanity been touched with a gentler hand than in the legends of 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Selfish Giant;' rarely has false amity been more keenly satirized than in the story of 'The Devoted Friend;' every lover should read 'The Nightingale and the Rose; ' and how many self-important people we know to whom we would like to commend a careful perusal of 'The Remarkable Rocket!' But the real charm of all these stories is in the fact that they convey a moral without indulging in bald didacticism. The grace of imagination and felicity of expression are ample sources of fascination. One reads on delighted and entranced, and at the end realizes that a great truth has been illuminated by the light of something very like genius. It is a small book as books go, but we are inclined to prophesy that few volumes of the present season will meet with a more hearty welcome. It is made, too, in a most at- tractive manner. What Walter Crane's illus- trations are we all know, and Mr. Hood's vignettes are dainty bits of drawing. One glimpse of the pretty cover will be enough to excite pleasant anticipations. He must be dull indeed who does not find those anticipations realized.