The Westminster Review (Volume 40)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843. Excerpt: ... 233 CRITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES. ARCHITECTURE. Royal Genealogy And British Architecture. By Archibald Barrington, M.D. Thomas Varty, 31 Strand. Rustic Architecture. Picturesque Decorations for Rural Buildings, in the use of Rough Wood, Thatch, &c. By T. J. Ricaute, Architect. Carpenter. We shall have an opportunity of recurring to this work; in the mean time we will only say that the numerous illustrative plates it contains are, both as designs and as specimens of lithographic printing, of superior merit. Two Letters On Certain Marks Discoverable On The Stones Of Various Buildings Of The Middle Ages. By G. Godwin, F.R.S. Nichols and Son. A Quarto pamphlet with plates, with special claims on the attention of the architectural antiquarian. The marks alluded to appear to have been the private marks of the masons, made by them upon every stone they chiselled, and it is curious to trace the correspondence of these marks in buildings erected in countries remote from each other, showing how the same architects and operatives, mystically united as freemasons, spread themselves over Europe during the middle ages under the protection of the Church. Suggestions For The Improvement Of Our Towns And Houses. By T. J. Maslen, Esq. Smith, Elder, and Co. This is a book which deserves the attention of the Metropolitan Improvement Commission now sitting, and we are glad to learn that one of the suggestions which wc find in the work, as well as in many prior publications, --the formation of a grand quay along the banks of the Thames, has already been adopted by the Commission, which has hitherto been exclusively engaged m inquiring into the most practicable means of effecting the object. In making this remark we would at the same time observe, that there appears a grea...