ments sufficiently explain themselves. We need only congratulate our readers that the labours of the Cambridge Camden Society are to be continued, and that the Society has been weeded of some who never sympathized with it, and never gave it any assistance. The Society has more work than ever demanding its energy: and we hope that the difficulties which it has met and surmounted are the true marks that it is engaged in a good work.

OXFORD ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.

A meeting was held on April 16, 1845. The President took the chair, and the following members were elected:

Rev. T. Bowdler, M.A. S. John's College, Cambridge.

R. M. Benson, Esq., Christ church.

F. B. Guy, Esq., Lincoln College.

Mr. O. Jewitt, Headington.

A list of presents was read; and it was announced that Mr. Hussey and Mr. Scott had withdrawn from the committee, and that Mr. Jones, of Trinity College, and Mr. Merriman, of New College, had been elected in their room.

A letter was read from Mr. Ellacome about a brass in Waterpery church, and another from Mr. Willement, containing strictures on an incorrect statement made at a former meeting by Mr. Parker, that Mr. Willement had copied the paintings in the roof of the Temple church from those at Liege.

Mr. Millard then read a paper on the style of architecture to be adopted in colonial churches." He announced that the design sent out by the society for the memorial church at Colabah had been returned, with the report that its cost would be very far beyond the estimate, and that it was wholly unsuited to the climate and circumstances, and that nothing could be done till an entirely new design was given. Mr. Millard proposed the following divisions of the colonial dioceses: "1. Those which have a national style of their own, of old standing, in temples, domestic buildings, &c. 2. Those which have no national style, and whose inhabitants have hitherto proceeded no further in architecture than huts, caves (?) or tents." The writer proposed that colonial churches should resemble native architecture in their leading features, but should have the details Christianized. He recommended the wooden churches of Norway as models for those dioceses where wood was the only available material.

Some discussion ensued about the fairness of the charge of utilitarianism, brought against Mr. Pugin, in a paper by Mr. Jones, at a previous meeting.

The next meeting was held on April 30, and the following members were ad

mitted:

Rev C. Boutell, M.A., Trinity College.

Rev. G. Warriner, Bloxham Grove, Banbury.

* We would rather propose the following division:

1. Dioceses possessing the same, or nearly the same climate as our own country.
2. Dioceses which do not.

a. From excessive cold.

b. From their tropical, or quasi-tropical situation.

The last class is by far the most important, and they may be thus subdivided:

(1.) Those in which the Oriental Church has, or has had, churches: e. g. Syria, Egypt, Persia. (2.) Those in which the Latin Church of the Middle Ages had churches: e. g. Palestine. (3.) Those in which the Latin Church erected churches during the period of its earliest missions: e. g. (arranging them chronologically), Morocco, the Canaries, Madeira, the Azores, Cape de Verd, India, Brazil,

Rev. F. M. Knollis, M.A. Fellow of Magdalene College.

F. R. Hepburn, Esq., Christ church.

R. R. Lingard, Esq., Brasenose College.

C. M. Robins, Esq., Oriel College.

The President announced that Mr. Parkins, from ill health, had resigned the office of secretary, and that W. B. Jones, Esq. B.A., of Trinity College, had been elected in his room. He also announced that the members of the Architectural Society for the Archdeaconry of Northampton had been admitted to attend the meetings of the Society.

Mr. Jones read a prospectus in behalf of the Restoration of Dorchester church, which had been undertaken by the Society.

Some further discussion ensued on the palimpsest brass in Waterpery church. Mr. Parkins read a paper containing "An account of Gresford church, Denbighshire, a specimen of the late Perpendicular style." He divided ecclesiology into two branches, "Factological" and "Theoretical," and wished that theory and facts should be always united. He described the plan of Gresford church, and its noble roodscreen, to the restoration of which he gave qualified praise, although cast iron had been in part employed. He concluded an interesting paper with an inquiry as to the builders of the present church.

Mr. Markland made some remarks on the improvement of sepulchral monuments, and Mr. Freeman on the omission of the chancel arch in Romanesque churches in the neighbourhood of Northampton. Some conversation followed upon supposed confessionals.

A meeting was held on May 14, and the following members were admitted:

Sir Brook W. Bridges, M.A., Oriel College.

Rev. J. Bellamy, M.A., Fellow of S. John's College.

H. Dyson, Esq. Merton College.

R. Vincent, Esq, Brasenose College.
W. G. Tupper, Esq., Trinity College.

F. Meyrick, Esq., Trinity College.

The President announced that for the sake of greater regularity, a report would for the future be made by the Committee to each meeting of the Society, instead of the desultory announcements of business which have hitherto taken place.

The following Report was then read by Mr. Freeman:

"The chief subject of interest which the Committee have to report this evening is the farther arrangements for the restoration of Dorchester church. A Sub-Committee consisting of three members of the Committee, the Treasurer, Mr. Parkins, and Mr. Freeman, has been appointed with authority to collect subscriptions, and to carry on the general business of the restoration with the co-operation of the parish authorities, and under the control of the Committee. With regard to the first branch of the duties of the Sub-Committee, it has been agreed to solicit subscriptions personally of all resident members of the Society, which has been already commenced, and it is gratiying to have to announce, that during the few days which have hitherto elapsed, scarcely any refusals have been met with from members of the Society, and several very liberal donations have been paid or promised. It is hoped that there will be no lack in other members in following this example, and that sufficient funds will be raised to commence at least the first and most necessary portion of the repairs before the Long Vacation. The church was inspected personally yesterday by two members of the Sub-Committee, in company with the architect and some of the parish authorities, and they may safely say that the necessity of speedy repair, as a mere matter of safety, is becoming every day more apparent. It is most pleasing to announce that the Vicar and Churchwardens (of whom the former and one of the latter are members of the Society) enter most fully and zealously into the designs of the Committee; while the Lay-Rector has done, what

was perhaps all that could be expected from a member of another communion, in giving, in a most obliging manner, every facility for carrying on those parts of the restoration which affect the repairs of the chancel.

"The Committee cannot but briefly allude to the decision come to with regard to our sister society at Cambridge, which has decided by a large majority to prolong its existence. They may, perhaps, be allowed to hope that, as the principles on which its dissolution was proposed were those of the most loyal submission to ecclesiastical and academical authority, so in its renewed form its zeal and energy may not be diminished, while its directors may learn from experience to abstain from those expressions of opinion on matters not coming within its province, which have brought down on it the censure of constituted authorities, and, as they cannot but think, greatly diminished its influence and power of advancing the holy cause we have all so much at heart.

"The Committee consider it necessary, in consequence of mistakes which have arisen in several quarters, to announce that the Society is in no way connected with, or responsible for a work called " Designs for Churches and Chapels in the Norman and Gothic styles, by several architects." The seal presented by the late Secretary to the Society is to be engraved, and will in future mark the Society's publications.

"The Sub-Committee appointed to provide tracings of stained glass have already commenced operations, and several tracings have been made under their directions. It is hoped by the Committee that members of the Society generally will be induced to follow the example of those who have already added to this collection.

"The presents* received since the last meeting have not been so numerous as on some former occasions. There is, however, among them a brass of historical in. terest, that of Sir Thomas Bullen, Earl of Wiltshire, father of Queen Anne Bullen. This is presented by Mr. Robins, of Oriel College, a newly-elected member, but one who has manifested both zeal and liberality in presenting the Society with many of these interesting memorials.

"The Committee have also to call the attention of members to a new feature in its collection of antiquities, namely, the impressions of ancient seals presented by the Principal of Brasenose College, and other members. Arrangements have been made to provide for the placing of them in due order, and it is hoped other members will add to the collection, as such impressions are exceedingly valuable in many respects bearing on the study of ecclesiastical antiquities.

"The Committee most earnestly request members to attend to a request put forth in the Secretary's notice at the beginning of the present term, namely, that all communications, presents, &c., intended for any meeting, should, whenever it is possible, be forwarded to the Secretaries on or before the preceding Saturday. The Committee would thus be able to arrange the proceedings of each meeting in an orderly and business-like manner, whereas at present great hurry and confusion is often occasioned by members bringing forward letters and presents at the very last moment, when it is quite impossible for the President or Secretaries to give them the necessary attention, or bring them before the Society in the manner which they often deserve. They have also to request that all communications on the affairs of the Society be made to the President or Secretaries, except when they relate to subscriptions or payments, in which case the Treasurer is the only person authorised

to transact business.

"The Committee have finally to announce, that during the Act Term the Society's Room will be open from 7 to 8 o'clock in the evening in addition to the usual time."

Mr. Jones then read a second paper "On Uniformity considered as a principle in Gothic Architecture." After recapitulating his former paper, he proceeded to lay down that the law of Gothic beauty was unity seen in a plurality and variety of particulars. The vertical principle, as essential to Gothic architecture, he considered symbolical, in the primary sense of the word. For an instance of unity of effect, he quoted Salisbury Cathedral.

Mr. Parkins remarked upon the paper that such inquiries, though ingenious, were of little practical utility.

The conversation on Palimpsest brasses was again renewed.

* Several presents received this evening were presented after this was written.

A meeting was held on May 28, and the following new members were ad

mitted:

Rev. G. G. Parry, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College.

C. B. Bicknell, Esq, Exeter College.

E. H. Burrows, Esq., Balliol College.
A. V. Walters, Esq., Oxford.

Mr. Jones then read the Report of the Committee:

"The Committee have to report to the Society, that it is in contemplation to make improvements in the Society's room. At present its small size and inconvenient form precludes any thing like a methodical arrangement of the numerous specimens of medieval art now in the collection of the Society; while it scarcely affords accommodation for the members at the ordinary meetings. It is intended, if it can be effected at a moderate expense, to remedy these evils, and at the same time to improve the approach, which is at present highly inconvenient.

"The Committee have determined to publish the interesting paper on Romsey Abbey Church, in Hampshire, read before the Society in Michaelmas Term, 1844, by E. A. Freeman, Esq. of Trinity College. A new edition of the drawings of Littlemore Church has been already issued, and a copy lies on the table of the Society.

Among the presents received by the Society since the last meeting, is a very large and interesting collection of rubbings of brasses from Norfolk and Suffolk, presented by the Rev. R. M. White, D.D., of Magdalen College. Mr Robins, of Oriel College, has also presented a collection of rubbings, among others some from New College Chapel, which are remarkable for the excellence of their execution.

"The Sub-Committee appointed for collecting tracings of stained glass, have reported that they are at present employed on the windows in Merton College Chapel.

"The Sub-Committee appointed for the purpose of making arrangements for the restoration of Dorchester church, have also reported progress to the Committee. They have decided upon printing the list of subscribers, and issuing a second circular."

Mr. Freeman read a paper on the "Architectural Antiquities of the Island of Jersey." He remarked upon the extreme desecration of these churches: there is only one font in the island, and in many churches no altar. He enumerated the general architectural peculiarities, and described the several churches in succession. At the conclusion he made some valuable remarks on the local varieties of architecture.

REVIEWS.

A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture. Exemplified by eleven hundred woodcuts. Oxford: J. H. Parker.

THIS popular book has at length re-appeared enlarged and improved, in a fourth edition. To withhold the praise due to a work of so much research, and containing so much varied and interesting information, would be unjust and unreasonable; but at the same time in expressing our general, but not unmixed approbation, a few points of objection may fairly be alleged.

We had hoped that in the present edition the too comprehensive and heterogeneous object conveyed by the terms of the title-page, would have been restricted and retrenched. What we wish to see is a glossary of the terms of Christian architecture, and that, by the bye.

on more prominently religious principles than the mere antiquarian spirit exhibited in the present work. At a time when classic architecture is rapidly falling into disrepute, as an intruder in our country and at variance with our associations, we wish to see the taste for Christian art fostered rather by the exclusion, than the simultaneous cultivation of the classic styles. Few perhaps will sympathize with the Ecclesiologist in the positive aversion with which it regards a sketch of an Ionic volute or a fluted pillar in juxta-position with the sacred details of Christian art; but all who have any feeling in common with us, will, we are persuaded, agree with us in saying that a department which forms so small an integral portion of the work, might well have been entirely omitted.

Another point deserving of attention is the wearisome repetition exhibited in this work, of engravings which have already appeared in half a dozen other works on ecclesiology, and some of them in almost as many separate editions. We do not expect Mr. Parker to follow the example of some publishers, who never permit a woodcut to be used in more than one work; for in so general and so cheap a collection of details perfect novelty can hardly be looked for. Yet the same woodcut which has appeared in three former editions of the Glossary, Mr. Barr's book on architecture, the Oxford Guides, the account of Fotheringhay church, and other publications of the same description, becomes a little tedious when re-produced for the ten-thousandth time. We much doubt whether it would not have been better, in so widelycirculated a work as the present, to weed out the most hackneyed details, and to have somewhat reduced their number for the purpose of attaining greater freshness and novelty. At the same time we admit that the addition of really new woodcuts is very considerable in the present edition, and that a large number of well-selected and curious examples illustrate the letter-press.

In some cases however we are unable to approve the method of illustration which has been adopted. Perspective sections of mouldings and piers, exhibiting positions impossible in themselves, and therefore absurd, are mere popular methods of representing things which can only be properly understood by a scientific and technical demonstration. For instance, the plates of Gothic pillars, presenting at once section and elevation, are both unsatisfactory to the eye useless as methods of exhibiting the nature of the originals; for to every one who can realize the idea of the plan of a pillar, as shewn by a horizontal section, the shaded profiles in elevation convey no further knowledge whatever of the subject, while they tend rather to confuse than enlighten the uninitiated mind.

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In the present edition the woodcuts, in all the copies we have seen, are very indifferently printed,—a great drawback to the beauty of the volume. Some of the sketches are incorrect, as perhaps must be expected in any work containing so many illustrations; in a few the perspective is faulty; and in others there is a poverty of delineation which we could have wished to have seen for the last time in the third edition. The woodcuts by Messrs. Delamotte and Heaviside are, in