FINE ARTS. 



Stanfield's Coast Scenery ; Parts IX. and X. Smith, Elder, and Co. 



This work is now completed. Among the many publications respecting the 

 Fine Arts which have made their appearance of late years, we know of none 

 of greater merit than the one before us. All the engravings are good : some 

 of them are exceedingly beautiful. The subject was one peculiarly adapted 

 to Mr. Stanfield's pencil. His genius is especially suited to sea scenes. We 

 trust that the work, now that it is completed, will enrich the treasury of the 

 publishers. We are sure it will add it has already added to the reputa- 

 tion of Mr. Stanfleld. Each engraving is accompanied by a letter-press de- 

 scription. 



Winkle's Continental Cathedrals ; No. XVIII. 



This publication continues to make its appearance regularly with the Ma- 

 gazines. The subjects are well chosen, and they are for the most part well 

 executed. Winchester Cathedral, in the present number, is a beautiful en- 

 graving. 



Beattie's Switzerland ; No. XXIV. 



We cannot add any thing new in the way of commendation of this beauti- 

 ful work. Few works of the kind have been more generally praised by the 

 press none have more deserved it. 



Views in Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Fisher, Son, and Co. 



These Views are from the pencil of Mr. W. H. Bartlett, Mr. William Pur- 

 ser, and others. The letter-press descriptions are by Mr. Came, the well- 

 known author of " Letters from the East." The subject is one of great and 

 universal interest. The views are of scenes hallowed by the most sacred and 

 endearing scriptural associations. They are well executed ; and the accom- 

 panying letter-press descriptions are interesting. The work is singularly cheap 

 considering the character and number (three in each part) of the engravings. 

 There cannot be a doubt of an extensive sale. 



Panorama of Isola Bella. 



Mr. Burford has just completed another Panorama, which is now open at 

 Leicester-square. The view embraced is that of the celebrated Isola Bella, the 

 Lago Maggiore, and the surrounding country. A better subject could not have 

 been chosen ; and never, we will venture to say, has Mr. Burford appeared to 

 greater advantage in the execution. The illusion is most complete. The 

 spectator cannot divest himself of the idea that he is gazing on the very thing 

 itself, and not on a representation. The water of the celebrated lake, which, 

 as the poet says, 



" Is a mirror and a bath for beauty's daughters/' 



is one of the greatest triumphs of the panoramic art we have ever witnessed. 

 Nothing could be more true to nature, 



The Isola Bella is, perhaps, one of the most beautiful spots in the world. 

 It is called the garden of Italy. There is something paradisiacal in its very 

 aspect. It is like a fairy scene : it more than realizes all we have read in 

 earlier years of enchanted landscapes. " The noble lake," as Mr. Burford 

 observes in his descriptive account of the scene, "is smooth as glass, and 

 clear as crystal. Its vast expanse, an ocean of brightly gleaming waters, is 

 covered with boats. Its peaceful bosom unruffled by the slightest wave, reflect- 

 ing in a most splendid manner, and with astonishing distinctness, every ob- 

 ject on its banks, which exhibit, as far as the sight can reach, a continued 

 succession of the most varied, delicious, and romantic scenes towards the 

 upper part of the lake grand and majestic ; towards the lower fascinating and 

 lovely mountain, plain, vineyard, and forest, finely grouped, thus combin- 

 ing the grandeur of Switzerland with the sweet and softened features of Italian 

 landscape. The bold margin of the lake is fringed with numberless villages,, 

 the snow-white houses and high quadrangular towers of the simple churches 

 contrasting well with the rich foliage of the vineyards, orchards, and forests, 

 with which they are intermixed, and the picturesque crags, surmounted by 



