1 JULY 1876, Page 22

Llanthony Cocklewig. By the Rev. S. S. Maguth. 3 vole.

(Samuel Tinsley.)—We can see nothing good about this book, except that a particularly silly title suits very well particularly silly contents. The name of " Cocklewig " is supposed to be humorous. Who does not know the dreary fun which is certain to be made by an author who starts with a delusion of this kind ? So we have such monstrous com- binations as "Quizgoggles," "Obadiah Snoodles," and the like. If there is any one who is not deterred by the title of this novel, let him take oar advice, and beware of it.