Literary Notes

“The Green Sheaf” is a refreshing publication, as its name implies. Thirteen numbers are issued yearly, it is printed, and well printed, on antique paper, the literary contents are quaint and sometimes beautiful, but the chiefest charm lies in the hand-coloured prints, which are highly decorative, simple in treatment and of a pleasant old-world flavour. The number before me con tains a surprise in the form of a reproduction of a pastel by Mr. W. B. Yeats—a pleasing surprise. Mr. Elkin Mathews publishes this acceptable sheaf of good things.