"The old bees die, the young possess the hive."--_Shakspeare._
"They relate to all manner of topics--old folks, old manners, old
books; and take them all in all, they make up as charming a pair of
volumes as we have seen for many a long day."--_Fraser's Magazine._
"'Once upon a Time' is worth possessing."--_Examiner._
"This varied, pleasant, and informing collection of
Essays."--_Spectator._
"Mr. Charles Knight's entertaining little work is full of various
knowledge agreeably told."--_Quarterly Review._
"This pleasant gallery of popular antiquarianism."--_John Bull._
JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.
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