Mr. Oscar Wilde's little book of stories is capital. They are delightfully humorous, witty, and fresh, sparkling with good things, full of vivacity, and well put together. 'The Canterville Ghost' is a first-rate ghost story, told partly from the point of view of the ghost himself---a most refreshing novelty--and partly from that of the American family who have bought the ancestral home of the Cantervilles. 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' is a very good story, too, told in a vein of drollery which is quite distinctive. These two pieces will bear reading aloud, a decidedly severe test.