19 NOVEMBER 1892, Page 13

A Fool's Paradise. By H. B. Finlay Knight. (Ward and

Downey.) —This tale somehow reminds us of Albert Smith's " Christopher Tadpole," not so much in the plot as in the style. There is a certain gaiety of humour about the two which constitutes a resemblance. But we must candidly say that we greatly prefer the tone of the older book. There is plenty of fun in A Fool's Paradise, and no one can read it without entertainment ; but it reminds us of certain words of wisdom which are not the less true because they are often forgotten, " Fools make a mock of sin."