lines "shaded way" and "hours away," "forest vale" and "morn prevail," and "Power" and " hour," are made to do service as rhymes. Fonthill Abbey created a very great and mysterious interest at the beginning of the century. When Mr. Beckford returned to the Estate after a long residence abroad he sold the old house and surrounded a tract of land over six miles in extent with a wall guarded by cheveaux de frise, and built a new Residence, spending £273,000 on it in 18 years. Here Mr. Beckford received Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton in 1800 in a series of fêtes still regarded as memorable. Wm. Beckford was born 1760-published "Vathek" 1784-built for himself in 1794 the Mansion near Cintra in Portugal, alluded to by Byron in Childe Harold, Canto I.XXII."There thou too, Vathek! England's wealthiest son, "Once formed thy Paradise, as not aware "When wanton Wealth her mightiest deeds hath done, "Meek Peace voluptuous lures was ever wont to shun." About 1795-6 Beckford (says Fergusson, “ Modern Architecture,” p. 359) was seized with a desire "to build in the grounds of Fonthill Park a 'convent in ruins,' to be a "sort of pleasure house and place of retreat." With the assistance of James Wyatt the building was rapidly completed, but being wholly of timber and plaster it tumbled down before it was well finished. It was, however, taken in hand immediately and constructed more durably and in 1807 the owner went to reside in it and the old Mansion house was abandoned. In 1812 the east wing was commenced and the work progressed almost uninterruptedly till near 1822, when, losing a considerable portion of his income owing to the depreciation of his West Indian Estates, Fonthill was sold with its Library and Pictures to a Mr. Farquhar, whilst Beckford built himself another "palace" in the neighborhood of Bath. Almost immediately after Mr. Farquhar purchased Fonthill the great Tower fell and nearly killed the owner. In 1834 Beckford published" Italy, with Sketches of Spain and Portugal," and in 1844 he died. The magnificence of the Galleries and Library is well described by Britton. Britton, John.-REDCLIFFE CHURCH, BRISTOL: An Historical and [322] Architectural Essay relating to Redcliffe Church. Illustrated with Plans, Views, and Architectural Details: including an Account of the Monuments, and anecdotes of the eminent persons interred within its walls; Also, an Essay on the life and character of Thomas Chatterton. London: Longman & Co. 1813. 4to. Half russia, with square corners, top edges gilt, From Mr. Beckford's Collection. Illust. a. c. ... This volume is illustrated by 12 engravings, of which Nos. 4, 6, 7 (which is unnumbered), 8, 9, and 11 are duplicated by etchings. As to the style of binding see above [321]. The church with its magnificent approaches by flights of steps (see Pl. VI.) is the principal glory of Bristol. In it is buried Sir William Penn, the father of William Penn, the founder of Penn sylvania. The elaborate inscription to his memory (see p. 25) amounts practically to a biography. Necessarily the Church has attained a very large additional interest from the doings of Thomas Chatterton in trying to palm off his Rowley poems upon the public as manuscripts found among the archives of this Church. Britton, John.-Redcliffe CHURCH, BRISTOL. ... Second Copy of the large paper Edition of 1813 bound with the same Author's "Bath Abbey Church" and "Fonthill Abbey." See [319]. Britton, John.-THE ARCHITECTURAL Antiquities of Great Britain, [323] represented and illustrated in a series of Views, Elevations, Plans, Sections, and Details, of various Ancient English Half morocco, top edges gilt. Illust. (see each Vol.) at end. Indexes, 2 col. Vol. V. pp. 1.-lxiv. The fifth Volume is really an independent work and is entitled "Chronological History and Graphic Illustrations of Christian Architecture in England: embracing a critical inquiry into the rise, progress, and perfection of this species of Architecture; "also 86 plates of plans, sections, elevations, and views, with historical and descriptive "accounts of each edifice and subject: an alphabetical List of Architects of the Middle Ages, and Chronological Lists of Ancient Churches: Sepulchral Monuments: Pul"pits, Fonts, Stone Crosses, etc. A Dictionary of Architectural Terms, and copious "Indexes." The Engravings, with the accompanying historical and descriptive letterpress, are arranged in chronological order showing the "rise, progress, and perfection" of Christian Architecture in England. This is a large paper copy with choice impressions of the Plates, which are by J. Le Keux and others. The object of the Work was not to deal with the Antiquities chronologically nor represent them merely in geometrical Elevations, Sections, and Plans, but, rather, it was carried out by giving variety, picturesque effect, and general views. The five volumes are illustrated by upwards of 360 plates illustrating Cathedrals-Churches-Ruins-Market Crosses-Old Mansions-Halls and Castles. A Manuscript alphabetical List of the Buildings illustrated has been prepared and placed with the work. Additional Illustrations to many of the Cathedrals, etc. are in this manner furnished by Mr. Britton in addition to those comprised in his " Cathedral Antiquities" and other Monographs. Dissatisfied with his Artist's view of the Round Church at Cambridge published in Vol. I. he added a new corrected view in Vol. III. to supersede the first. The work was published in forty parts. Each Volume is provided with its own Index, but as Vol. I. was not paged throughout, references to matter in that volume are given by the Printer's signature-letters. At the end of Vol. V. are several Valuable Appendixes: App: I. (i.-viii.) Alphabetical List of Architects and Founders of Buildings and references to Authorities, etc. App: II. (ix.-xxi.) Chronological List of Ecclesiastical Edifices in Great Britain be 66 tween circa 300 and 1547. III. (xxii.-xxix.) Chronological List of Architectural Monuments (1135-circa VI. (xxxiii.-xxxiv.) The Stone Crosses. VII. (xxxv.-xlix.) Glossary of Architectural Terms. Among these engravings may be named 8 of Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, 5 of the Round Church in the same town, 5 of the Hospital of St. Cross, Hants, 6 of Glastonbury, II of Lincoln Cathedral, 12 of Malmesbury Abbey, 14 of Roslyn, 20 of Westminster Abbey, and 13 of St. George's Chapel, Windsor; but many of these series are divided and appear in two or more volumes-hence the necessity for the "List of "the Buildings Illustrated" above mentioned. Brockedon, William.-ROBERTS' Egypt and Nubia. See Roberts, David. Brodribb, Rev. W. J.-PLINY'S LETTERS. See Blackwood (Ancient Classics). Brogden, Mrs. John.-GEMS: Notes and Extracts. See Castellani, Augusto. Broglie, Duc De.-See De Broglie. Bromley, Henry.-[Portraits.] CATALOGUE, A, of Engraved [324] British Portraits, from Egbert the Great to the present time: consisting of the Effigies of persons in every walk of human life; as well those whose services to their country are recorded in the annals of the English History, as others whose eccentricity of character rendered them conspicuous in their day. With an Appendix, containing the portraits of such foreigners as either by alliance with the Royal Families of, or residence as visitors in this Kingdom, or by deriving from it some title of distinction, may claim a place in the British Series-methodically disposed in classes, and interspersed with a number of notices biographical and genealogical, never before published. London: T. Payne. 1793. 4to. Half calf, marbled edges. Index, 2 col. signatures B-X, 80 pp. ... A Plan of the Catalogue (of about 7000 Portraits) showing the nine Chronological Periods into which the Prints are divided and the ten subclasses of each Period is given p. ix. The Prints in each class, except "Class I.: The Royal Families," are arranged alphabetically. The Foreign Portraits are collected into one General Appendix. This is entitled: "Appendix: consisting of the Effigies of Princes, Ambassadors, "Philosophers, Historians, and other Persons of Genius and Learning, of Foreign "Nations, who are entitled to a place in a collection of British Portraits: alphabetically "arranged." With this is bound up “Supplement to the Memoirs of the Life, Writings, Dis"courses, and Professional Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt., comprising additional "anecdotes of his distinguished Contemporaries by James Northcote." London: Henry Colburn. 1815. 4to. Index, 2 col. pp. clvi.—clvii. Bronté, Charlotte.-See Bell, Currer. Brooke, Rev. Stopford A. THEOLOGY in the English Poets. Cow[325] per, Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Burns. New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1875. 12mo. Cloth. ... A series of 16 Lectures delivered in the year 1872 on Sunday afternoons at St. James' Chapel, London. The preacher's object was to supplement the ordinary Sermon, pure and simple, and to show that all subjects may be made religious. The Lectures were subdivided, From Pope to Cowper, 2: Cowper, 1: Coleridge, 1: Wordsworth, 9: and Robert Burns, 3. Others were delivered in 1873 on Blake, Shelley, Keats, and Byron. Brooks, Rev. Frederick (1842-1874).-SERMONS (with Portrait). [326] Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1876. 12mo. Cloth. ... The Writer, returning from Lowell to Boston, was drowned in attempting to cross, on foot, a railroad-bridge over the Charles River, close by Boston, which had an imperfect flooring. In the darkness and storm, he missed his footing and fell into the river. Brooks, Rev. Phillips.-INFLUENCE, THE, OF JESUS: The Bohlen [327] Lectures, 1879: Delivered in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, in February, 1879. London: ... The Lectures were founded by John Bohlen, of Philadelphia, who died in that City in 1874. His Will directed that they should be delivered annually in the city of Philadelphia, on subjects within the terms set forth in the Will of the Rev. John Bampton, for the delivery of what are known as the "Bampton Lectures" at Oxford: or on any other subject distinctively connected with or relating to the Christian Religion. Mr. Brooks delivered four Lectures on the Influence of Jesus on the Moral, the Social, the Emotional, and the Intellectual Life of Man. Brougham, Henry Lord (1779-1868).-LIFE, THE, AND TIMES of [328] Henry Lord Brougham, Written by himself (with Portrait). Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. 1871. 3 vols. 8vo. Calf extra, marbled edges. •.• Vol. I. contains a Frontispiece portrait by H. Adlard, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, and a facsimile Letter from "Robertson of Strowan." Lord Brougham commenced to write these Memoirs in October, 1861, after he had entered his eighty-fourth year. They were not completed till November, 1867, in which year he wrote to the Queen for permission to publish certain correspondence bearing on public affairs between King William IV. and himself, while he held the Great Seal, and "being in his ninetieth year hoped for pardon for employing the hand "of another to write the letter." The interesting Autobiography closes with painful words: "There was not left one "single friend or associate of my earlier days, whose recollections might have aided "mine. All were dead. I alone survived of those who had acted in the scenes I "have here faintly endeavoured to retrace." Vol. III. (pp. 444-522) has some interesting "personal sketches" of eminent con temporaries, viz :— Abinger, (Scarlett) Lord (1769-1844). Holland, third Lord (1773-1840). Louis Philippe (1773-1850). Lord Brougham left written instructions that his narrative was to be printed as he had written it, for he would have no Editor employed to alter or rewrite what he desired should be published as exclusively his own; and in these instructions (which were "scrupulously obeyed") many words were twice underscored. The Editor has not added an Index, and has therein been too scrupulously careful not to add to the MS. Such an addition would have been very valuable. Lord Brougham was one of the original founders of the Edinburgh Review, to which he contributed 1803-28. When he retired from the Lord Chancellorship he had the proud distinction of having cleared up all arrears and left no cases undisposed of. Brougham, Henry Lord.-[Statesmen.] HISTORICAL SKETCHES [329] of Statesmen who flourished in the time of George III. London: Richard Griffin and Company. [n. d.] 3 vols. 18mo. Half russia, top edges gilt. These were issued in three Series and comprise the leading political figures of England, France, and America, described by an eminent political character who spoke from personal acquaintance with a majority of those of whom he wrote. The following "Statesmen" and "subjects" are discussed: |