26 AUGUST 1893, Page 25

Lydiard Manor : its History. By the Rev. W. H.

E. McKnight.

(Mitchell and Hughes.)—Mr. McKnight has written in a very pleasant fashion about the parish of Lydiard, its church, its manor, and his own work there, which was partly that of the curate in charge, partly that of the tutor of private pupils. His varied pictures of life are always kindly. There is a very graphic description of the great storm of November 1st, 1873.