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ted in twenty monthly parts, at 3s. plain, 4s. tinted. 12 Parts are now published. Published by GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street, (_continued_). Royal 4to. cloth, Vol I., price 3l. 13s. 6d. GOTHIC ORNAMENTS; being a Series of Examples of Enriched Details and Accessories of the Architecture of Great Britain. Drawn from existing Authors. BY JAMES K. COLLING, Architect. The particular object of this work is "to exhibit such a number of examples of foliage and other ornamental details of the different styles as clearly to elucidate the characteristic features peculiar to each period; and drawn sufficiently large in scale to be practically useful in facilitating the labours of the architect and artist." The first volume consists of 104 Plates--nineteen of which are highly finished in colours. The second volume, which will complete the work, is now in progress, and will be completed early in 1850. Two vols. fcap. 8vo., with 240 Figures of Apparatus, price 9s. THE HISTORY and ART of WARMING and VENTILATING ROOMS and BUILDINGS. With Notices of the Progress of Personal and Fireside Comfort and of the Management of Fuel. By WALTER BERNAN, C.E. In the Third Essay a minute description is given of the Roman Hypocaust. "The whole of the work seems to be arranged skilfully, and drawn up with care; it comprises much information valuable to the student of antiquities, and will well repay the perusal of those who are interested in the theories and practice of warming and ventilating houses"--_Archaeological Journal_. "Expedients of all time and nations collected with research, selected with judgment, and skilfully arranged and described."--_Athenaeum_ 8vo., price 16s. ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE TRAGEDIES of AESCHYLUS and SOPHOCLES, from the Greek, Latin, and English Poets, with an Introductory Essay by J.F. BOYES, M.A., St. John's College, Oxford. A few Copies of the ILLUSTRATIONS of AESCHYLUS may still be had separately, price 9s. Also Copies of PARTS II. and III. to complete Sets, price 3s. each. "Mr. Boyes has collected these illustrations more for the purpose of determining the heads of thought by a comparison of minds, than for the detection of Plagiarism. His work will amuse those whose days of study are gone by, but who love to review their classic recollections, and to recall those images of sublimity and beauty which had delighte
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