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are aware, exhibited to the public.ms AMS.Winkles’ Cathedrals, with Descriptions by Thomas Moule. 4to. Parts 1 and 2. 'E. Wilson. The object, oftildevery neat and very cheap publication t* to give a complete-soriae of illustration* of those fine munumcnts of Old Englnh taste and grandeur, the Cathedra! Churches. Two number*, it is supposed, will suffice for the description of each Cathedral, both as to tlio writ* ten account of its history, and Ihe views which are to reprvsonl h* beuuties, und these offices the two numbers before us perform in -a very credit able manner for that most perfbcf and original example df the magnificent order ofhuildirigs to which belongs, Salisbury Cotbe* dral. The popular idea ol the vast extent ot this noble edifice conveyed by Dr. lleylim’s stanza, U worth quoting;“ As many days as hi one year there be,So many windows in tills church we see;As many marble pillars here appear,As there are hours throughout the fleeting year,As many gates as moons one year dots view—Strange tale to tell, but not more strange than'trae/'With the six plates devoted to display these wonders we «se iwall pleased, but more particularly with No. 3, a view from North to South Transept; and No. 5, which ’represents the Lady ChapaL Different artists have been employed on the drawings for the work, but oil the engravings are by IL Winkles, and they do kim great credit.Bwptzerland Illustrated* By Wm. Beattie, MJ., and W. H. Bartlett, Esq. 411 Parts. Parts 5, 6, 7, and 8, G*Virtue. There is infinite beauty in the views selected (fbr these numbers,f and great merit in the manner in which they are executed. Wlist can excel in smoothness and sweetness Geneva, from Caligny ? or, what in outstretching sublimity can surpass the Valaisand marteguey from the Torclps Pas* of the Tfcte Noire. The brightness of t. Peter’s Island Lake of Bienne is capitally rende-ed, and in the hake of Lucerne from theTligHe, that peculiar dear-ness*ir» one part-of the landscape,*and mistiness in another. uL Characteristic of the changes of mountain scenery, are served. The plate of Geneva from the ramparts mig] city of sunshine; while that of the Convent of *p-|| “Basso above Lacovno literally soothes the mindid, II /Mr Bartlett .deservesconsiderable praise for thf .ail the drawings he has made for .this work andIis very pleasant reading, and fulfils the Pro^** ,thronghlhe Cantons in a satisfactory manner. ‘Tut deserves etery encouragement, being sone of t^spkitadftand ebeepest.of the man y-» Ulus jaj* } J public patronage of (he Fine Arts has given’birthIs;mticeits
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London Sunday Herald united Kingdom
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Sun, Feb 22, 1835
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