16 JUNE 1883, page 19

Early London.*

A WORK which purports to contain the history of the " greatest city the world has ever seen," in two volumes of some 850 octavo pages in all, of which 100 are taken up with......

Mr. Caldecott's ]sop.*

THERE are occasions when a critic's duty becomes as simple as it is pleasant, and the present is a case in point. This book is indeed a delightful one, and this assertion can be......