24 DECEMBER 1853, page 27

Charles Knight's Once Upon A Time.*

THIS varied, pleasant, and, what is not always the case, informing collection of essays, is in part a selection from the writings of a • Once upon a Time. By Charles Knight. In......

From Mayfair To Marathon.*

T I LE affectation of point which is visible in this title is found too pervadingly in the book, mingled with something of levity or flip- pa ncy, and a tone of moralizing that......

Books.

BAKER ' S RIFLE AND HOUND IN CEYLON. * Tox sportsman in describing his sports generally does it with fluency and vigour, if not with a touch of imagination. It may be that the......