20 JANUARY 1894, Page 23

George Routledge and Sons have just issued a singularly dainty

little edition of The Essays of Elia and The Last Essays of Ella. The books are small, so small that they can be carried with ease in the inside pocket of an ordinary coat, and the type is small, but beautifully clear. The work of editing has been admirably done by Mr. Charles Kent, who has prefixed to each essay a lucid but succinct note indicating its origin so far as that is possible, and mentioning when and in what periodical it first appealed.