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A.N'ciKNT AND Modern Architectuke ; consisting of Views, Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Details of the most remarkable Edifices in the World : Chronologically arranged by Jules Gaiehabaud. Second Series. With Archaeological and Descriptive Notices, by E. Breton, Girault de Prangey, Langlois, A. Lenoir, Raoul Rochette, L. Vaudoyer, etc. The Translations revised by F. Arundale, and T. L. Donaldson, Prof. Arch. Univ. Coll. London. London : Firmin Didot and Co., 1846. Folio. Mr. Gailhabaud's second volume presents a marked improvement on his first. It contains e.xamples selected from the Egyptian, the supposed Pelas- gian, Celtic, Grecian, Roman, Early Italian, Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, and modern styles. The plates are well executed, particularly as regards details. Among the best of them are the general view, elevations, and details of the remarkable temple of Aroeris at Edfu in Egypt, the amphi- theatre at Pola, the church of St. Miniato near Florence, a remarkable specimen of the Byzantine style, the cupola of which was embellished by Luca della Robbia and his brothers with representations of the four Evan- gelists, and the Holy Ghost, a performance which Vasari mentions with praise. Five elaborate plates illustrate that splendid relic of Arab magni- ficence, the mosque of Coi-dova, and four are devoted to the interesting church of St. Francis at Assisi, a celebrated example of the pointed style in Italy, of the thirteenth century, which has been attributed, but erro- neously, to Niccola Pisano. Vasari"s statement, that it was designed by a German architect who was brought into Italy by Frederic II., is borne out by the character of the fabric, more Tedesque than Italian. The elevation of the cathedral of Bale seems to be slightly out of i)roportion, and the details.^ are not so satisfactorily made out as could be desired, a remark which is certainly not applicable to the fine plate of the church of St. Louis at Paris, a curious example of the meretricious style of the time of Louis the Thirteenth. This work may be fairly recommended to the architec- tural student, who will derive much assistance fiom the clever descriptive notices which accompany the plates. The Antiquities or Gainford in the County of Durham : com- prising the Baronial and Ecclesiastical History of that Place and of Barnardcastle : with Descriptive Notices of Raby Castle, Staindrop Church, Denton, and many otlier objects of Antiquity in their vicinity. By John Richard Walbran, Honorary Member of the Society of Anti- quaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and Local Secretary of the Arcbteo- logical Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Ripon : W. Harrison. London: J. B. Nichols and Son ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1846. This work, of which only the first part is before us, will make Mr. Wal- bran creditably known as an accurate, and not inelegant, contributor to llie stores of English topography; it is lo be hoped there is sufiicient ta.stc in tlie district which he has selected for illustration, and its neigh-