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said here with reference to the architecture of the future . An architect , in order to succeed in constructing a Gothic building , should be thoroughly and correctly acquainted , even to the minutest extent , with the mechanical theory of his structure ; and the more completely Gothic he wishes it to be , the more fully should he display this theory . AVe may suppose that a much higher degree of perfection would be arrived at in Gothic architecture , had we architects thoroughly acquainted with mechanics , considered
mathematically . There is no limit to the variety of beautiful styles which might yet arise if the Gothic principle were hill carried out in the minutest details . We might suggest , therefore , that in designing a building , the various requirements of the structure should first of all be attended to exclusively with reference to its practical application . These should be strictly carried out without any deviations arising from a prejudice for a particular rule of proportion , or for the sake of a supposed beauty of effect . The
building having thus been conceived of as to its mechanical construction , it will then remain to display this construction decoratively with mathematical correctness ; and the result will be more or less perfect , according as the architect has correctly or not solved the mechanical problem ; the beauty of the structure being greater , the deeper his perception has been of the mechanical construction , even to its minutest details . Thus the problem of building is not vmlike that ivhich the sculptor solves ; for he has to carve his
statue in accordance with the science of anatomy ; and he does this most perfectly when be lias succeeded in displaying even in tbe smallest particulars the internal structure of the body . Let , therefore , the architects of the present day look less behind them . Let them simply learn from the past those principles ivhich are to be followed in the future . Lot them also have a strictly liberal education , and , above all , a sound knowledge of statics , in order that they may be able to carry out correctly and fullin their
decoy rations , the mechanical construction of their designs . " Tiie following verses are from The Poetical Works of Charles Croelcer , recently published at Cbicliester , where the author is a shoemaker and sexton : —
" Content ! of all the blessings I possess , And ( thanks to Heaven ) my portion is not small , None can more justly claim my thankfulness Than thou , sweet Maid , whose smile gives zest to all ; Therefore on thee with suppliant voice I call ; "With thee would hide me from the world ' s rude strife l- ' or well I know , whatever may befall , "Tis peace of mind that makes the bliss of life—¦ That thou sustain ' st the soul ' mid scenes with miserv rife
"Can lame—can Power— -can Affluence display The calm composure of thy modest mien ? Their light may dazzle in the summer day , Hut thou alone ciuist cheer the wintry scene : Their pomp shall be as though it ne ' er had been , AVhen the dread tempest sweeps along the sky ; AVhilst thou , in humble confidence serene , Eear'st not , for He who bids the tempest fly , Mighty to save and bless , thou know'st is ever nigh
" btill be it mine , as through the c / uict vale Of humble life my devious course I bend , AYhen sorrows or anxieties assail , To find in thee a comforter and friend ; Afflictions , though keen pangs their steps attend , In wisdom and in love are doubtless sent , And will , ere long , in full fruition end : Re then my heart on this one purpose bent—Whate ' er my lot may be , to dwell with thee , Content . "
Miss Freer lias just ready for publication two volumes , entitled , Henry IV ., and Marie de Medici , ivhich are to form a second part of her History of the tteign of Henry IV ., King of France and Navarre . The Arundel and liesborougb collections of gems and intaglios , now at Blenheim Palace , will be shown at the Arch . eological Institute , in London , from the 5 th to the 12 th of June , through the courtesy of the Duke of Marlborough . Tbe recent exhibition of works of art in the ball of the
Ironmongers' Company , in leiiclmrch-street , London , lias been a great success . But why should the ironmongers' exhibition be principally the wares of the goldsmith ? Our own opinion is , that the Ironmongers' Company ought to hold an annual exhibition of works in iron only , both useful and ornamental , ancient and modern ; but leave it to the Goldsmiths' Company to exhibit articles composed
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altogether of gold and jewellery . There is " ample room and verge enough " for each , if they will but bestir themselves . In consequence ofthe death of Ernest Rietschel , the committee for the Arndt monument , at Bonn , have chosen Herr Hermann Heidel , of Berlin , as the sculptor to whose care the erection of the monument is to be entrusted . Heidel , though a resident of Berlin , is a native
of Bonn . At the last meeting of the Archoelogieal Institute , Lord Talbot cle Malahide in the chair , Sir John Boileau , Bart ., showed several cartoons of mural paintings on a large scale , recently discovered in Easfcon Church , Norfolk . Sir John gave an account of thoso relics of mediaival art in East Anglia attributed to the reign of Richard
the Second , the principal subject of which is tile martyrdom of Thomas-a-Beclcefc , and alluded to the- intimacy of that prelate with Hugh Bigod and with the Bishop of Norwich at the period as the possible cause ofthe comparatively frequent occurrence of representations of the martyrdom in Norfolk . The dUndeavour ( late Triumvir ) schooner yacht , is to sail next month , on a fresh Arctic search , under tbe command of Capt . Parker
Snow , if the public subscriptions are sufficient for the necessaryexpenses . The title of the Hon . Mrs . Yelverton ' s work , just ready for publication , is Martyrs lo Circumstances . Jlr . AValter AVhite has been appointed to the office of Secretary to the Royal Society , vacant by tbe resignation of Mr . C . R . Weld . Charles Francis Adams , Author and Editor of Tiie Life ami
Works of John Adams ( in ten volumes , ) and Editor of the Letters of Mrs . Adams , has arrived in London , as United States ' Minister , in the place of Mr . Dallas . The office has been previously held by John Adams , the grandfather , and by John Quincy Adams , the father , of the literary gentleman who now has the honour to hold it .
Essays and Peviews have now reached a ninth edition . Professor Blackie denies being editor of the North British Sevieio . " I have not , " he says , " nor never had , any connection with the periodical beyond the contribution of an occasional article . " The Illustrated News ofthe World lias , we are informed , become the property of Mr . 13 wing Ritchie , editor of the National
Magazine . It is stated that the Messrs . Chambers , of Rilvnburgh , are about to publish a Day-booh , containing history , science , and facts in general , about every day in the year . AVilliam Hone ' s Every Day Book , no doubt , first suggested the idea . We ourselves know a literary brother of our Craft who has been collecting for a similar work many years .
Poetry.
Poetry .
SONNET . Ox HEARING THE CtJCKOO AS I SAT AT JIY LITERARY LABOURS . Bv BRO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL , Author of " Sliakspere , Ids Times and Contemporaries , " Syc . Cuckoo , I love to hear thy simple cry ! Monotonous it isyet seems not so
, . How sweet it comes e ' en now , —first high , then low , To tell mankind that genial summer ' s nigh . I hear thy voice , as in my rustic cot , Poring o'er books I love , I studying sit ; But from thoso hooks thou makst my mind to flit , On wings with thee , to some bucolic spot , AVhere hamadryads might deliht to dwell ;
g AVhere wild flowers sweet , in great profusion grow , And where the hawthorn most delights to blow . Bird of the Spring time , oh ! I love thee well ! And though my body cannot fly with thee , On fancy ' s wings I'll bear thee company . Slolcesley .
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Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
said here with reference to the architecture of the future . An architect , in order to succeed in constructing a Gothic building , should be thoroughly and correctly acquainted , even to the minutest extent , with the mechanical theory of his structure ; and the more completely Gothic he wishes it to be , the more fully should he display this theory . AVe may suppose that a much higher degree of perfection would be arrived at in Gothic architecture , had we architects thoroughly acquainted with mechanics , considered
mathematically . There is no limit to the variety of beautiful styles which might yet arise if the Gothic principle were hill carried out in the minutest details . We might suggest , therefore , that in designing a building , the various requirements of the structure should first of all be attended to exclusively with reference to its practical application . These should be strictly carried out without any deviations arising from a prejudice for a particular rule of proportion , or for the sake of a supposed beauty of effect . The
building having thus been conceived of as to its mechanical construction , it will then remain to display this construction decoratively with mathematical correctness ; and the result will be more or less perfect , according as the architect has correctly or not solved the mechanical problem ; the beauty of the structure being greater , the deeper his perception has been of the mechanical construction , even to its minutest details . Thus the problem of building is not vmlike that ivhich the sculptor solves ; for he has to carve his
statue in accordance with the science of anatomy ; and he does this most perfectly when be lias succeeded in displaying even in tbe smallest particulars the internal structure of the body . Let , therefore , the architects of the present day look less behind them . Let them simply learn from the past those principles ivhich are to be followed in the future . Lot them also have a strictly liberal education , and , above all , a sound knowledge of statics , in order that they may be able to carry out correctly and fullin their
decoy rations , the mechanical construction of their designs . " Tiie following verses are from The Poetical Works of Charles Croelcer , recently published at Cbicliester , where the author is a shoemaker and sexton : —
" Content ! of all the blessings I possess , And ( thanks to Heaven ) my portion is not small , None can more justly claim my thankfulness Than thou , sweet Maid , whose smile gives zest to all ; Therefore on thee with suppliant voice I call ; "With thee would hide me from the world ' s rude strife l- ' or well I know , whatever may befall , "Tis peace of mind that makes the bliss of life—¦ That thou sustain ' st the soul ' mid scenes with miserv rife
"Can lame—can Power— -can Affluence display The calm composure of thy modest mien ? Their light may dazzle in the summer day , Hut thou alone ciuist cheer the wintry scene : Their pomp shall be as though it ne ' er had been , AVhen the dread tempest sweeps along the sky ; AVhilst thou , in humble confidence serene , Eear'st not , for He who bids the tempest fly , Mighty to save and bless , thou know'st is ever nigh
" btill be it mine , as through the c / uict vale Of humble life my devious course I bend , AYhen sorrows or anxieties assail , To find in thee a comforter and friend ; Afflictions , though keen pangs their steps attend , In wisdom and in love are doubtless sent , And will , ere long , in full fruition end : Re then my heart on this one purpose bent—Whate ' er my lot may be , to dwell with thee , Content . "
Miss Freer lias just ready for publication two volumes , entitled , Henry IV ., and Marie de Medici , ivhich are to form a second part of her History of the tteign of Henry IV ., King of France and Navarre . The Arundel and liesborougb collections of gems and intaglios , now at Blenheim Palace , will be shown at the Arch . eological Institute , in London , from the 5 th to the 12 th of June , through the courtesy of the Duke of Marlborough . Tbe recent exhibition of works of art in the ball of the
Ironmongers' Company , in leiiclmrch-street , London , lias been a great success . But why should the ironmongers' exhibition be principally the wares of the goldsmith ? Our own opinion is , that the Ironmongers' Company ought to hold an annual exhibition of works in iron only , both useful and ornamental , ancient and modern ; but leave it to the Goldsmiths' Company to exhibit articles composed
Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.
altogether of gold and jewellery . There is " ample room and verge enough " for each , if they will but bestir themselves . In consequence ofthe death of Ernest Rietschel , the committee for the Arndt monument , at Bonn , have chosen Herr Hermann Heidel , of Berlin , as the sculptor to whose care the erection of the monument is to be entrusted . Heidel , though a resident of Berlin , is a native
of Bonn . At the last meeting of the Archoelogieal Institute , Lord Talbot cle Malahide in the chair , Sir John Boileau , Bart ., showed several cartoons of mural paintings on a large scale , recently discovered in Easfcon Church , Norfolk . Sir John gave an account of thoso relics of mediaival art in East Anglia attributed to the reign of Richard
the Second , the principal subject of which is tile martyrdom of Thomas-a-Beclcefc , and alluded to the- intimacy of that prelate with Hugh Bigod and with the Bishop of Norwich at the period as the possible cause ofthe comparatively frequent occurrence of representations of the martyrdom in Norfolk . The dUndeavour ( late Triumvir ) schooner yacht , is to sail next month , on a fresh Arctic search , under tbe command of Capt . Parker
Snow , if the public subscriptions are sufficient for the necessaryexpenses . The title of the Hon . Mrs . Yelverton ' s work , just ready for publication , is Martyrs lo Circumstances . Jlr . AValter AVhite has been appointed to the office of Secretary to the Royal Society , vacant by tbe resignation of Mr . C . R . Weld . Charles Francis Adams , Author and Editor of Tiie Life ami
Works of John Adams ( in ten volumes , ) and Editor of the Letters of Mrs . Adams , has arrived in London , as United States ' Minister , in the place of Mr . Dallas . The office has been previously held by John Adams , the grandfather , and by John Quincy Adams , the father , of the literary gentleman who now has the honour to hold it .
Essays and Peviews have now reached a ninth edition . Professor Blackie denies being editor of the North British Sevieio . " I have not , " he says , " nor never had , any connection with the periodical beyond the contribution of an occasional article . " The Illustrated News ofthe World lias , we are informed , become the property of Mr . 13 wing Ritchie , editor of the National
Magazine . It is stated that the Messrs . Chambers , of Rilvnburgh , are about to publish a Day-booh , containing history , science , and facts in general , about every day in the year . AVilliam Hone ' s Every Day Book , no doubt , first suggested the idea . We ourselves know a literary brother of our Craft who has been collecting for a similar work many years .
Poetry.
Poetry .
SONNET . Ox HEARING THE CtJCKOO AS I SAT AT JIY LITERARY LABOURS . Bv BRO . GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL , Author of " Sliakspere , Ids Times and Contemporaries , " Syc . Cuckoo , I love to hear thy simple cry ! Monotonous it isyet seems not so
, . How sweet it comes e ' en now , —first high , then low , To tell mankind that genial summer ' s nigh . I hear thy voice , as in my rustic cot , Poring o'er books I love , I studying sit ; But from thoso hooks thou makst my mind to flit , On wings with thee , to some bucolic spot , AVhere hamadryads might deliht to dwell ;
g AVhere wild flowers sweet , in great profusion grow , And where the hawthorn most delights to blow . Bird of the Spring time , oh ! I love thee well ! And though my body cannot fly with thee , On fancy ' s wings I'll bear thee company . Slolcesley .