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Early Christian Architecture In Ireland.*
is we welcome this lucid and pleasantly written work to-day , not too pretentious and too dogmatic , but simple in statement , ancl convincing- in argument , and happy in illustrations , and which reall y and trul y is , in our opinion , the model of what such a work should be . It is not too argumentative , it is not at all controversial , but it is both suggestive ancl straihtforwardthe writer
g , giving good reasons for all she adA'ances , ancl ample illustrations for all she suggests . . Our illustrations , wliich Ave reproduce , thanks to the great kindness of Mrs . Stokes herself , and the courtesy of the Messrs . Bell , are taken from the work . They represent Kilcrony , co . Wicklow ; West Door of St . Cronan ' s , Roscrea ; Killespin Doorway ; and Cormac ' s Chapel .
COBMAC ' S CHAPEL , CASHEL .
We can conceive nothing pleasanter than an architectural tour , note book in hand , to these and similar spots . The traveller may have to rough it a little , but he will come in contact with a Avarm-hearted people , and learn , we feel sure , a very wholesome truth that there is much to realize , admire , and learn from in Ireland .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Early Christian Architecture In Ireland.*
is we welcome this lucid and pleasantly written work to-day , not too pretentious and too dogmatic , but simple in statement , ancl convincing- in argument , and happy in illustrations , and which reall y and trul y is , in our opinion , the model of what such a work should be . It is not too argumentative , it is not at all controversial , but it is both suggestive ancl straihtforwardthe writer
g , giving good reasons for all she adA'ances , ancl ample illustrations for all she suggests . . Our illustrations , wliich Ave reproduce , thanks to the great kindness of Mrs . Stokes herself , and the courtesy of the Messrs . Bell , are taken from the work . They represent Kilcrony , co . Wicklow ; West Door of St . Cronan ' s , Roscrea ; Killespin Doorway ; and Cormac ' s Chapel .
COBMAC ' S CHAPEL , CASHEL .
We can conceive nothing pleasanter than an architectural tour , note book in hand , to these and similar spots . The traveller may have to rough it a little , but he will come in contact with a Avarm-hearted people , and learn , we feel sure , a very wholesome truth that there is much to realize , admire , and learn from in Ireland .