3 JANUARY 1863, Page 58

The Popular History of England. ,By Charles Knight. Vol viii.

(Bradbury and Evans.)—This is the concluding volume of Mr. Knight's useful history. It covers the period from the peace with the Unitee States in 1815, to the final extinction of the Corn-laws in Feb., 1849, and contains an appendix of annals which extend to the close of 1861. Mr. Knight may fairly be congratulated on having brought his'nery arduous task to a successful conclusion.