48 REVIEWS OF PRINTS AND ILLUSTRATED WORKS. 



of modern views never came und t our eye ; they are in their class, literal mi- 

 racles of art, and when we discover that eisrht of these exquisite productions 

 with letter-press, are attainable for two shillings, we are utterly at a loss to 

 express our surprise : to the lover of art two shillings would be but a moderate 

 demand for a single specimen. England and Ireland owe much to the publish- 

 ers of this splendid volume, and its companion, '* Ireland illustrated ;" the 

 taste, spirit, liberality and generous enterprise of these gentlemen have 

 produced a work which, gratifying to our national feelings, must render remote 

 nations as intimately acquainted with the sublime and beautiful scenery of the 

 two countries, as it is pofsible to be from engraved delineation. While we 

 offer a just tribute to the artist whose admirable drawings have been thus 

 happily translated on copper, we feel that to pass over his coadjutors would 

 be to sanction a neglect too common, though manifestly injurious and unfair ; 

 we subjoin a list of the names we have seen, and cannot do so without 

 remarking that so great has been the strife of rivalry that to adjudge the palm 

 of superiority would be a matter of long and anxious deliberation. The names 

 are given as we set them down, without attaching distinction to priority. W. 

 Le Petit ; S. Lacey ; W. Miller ; W. Taylor ; AV. Tombleson ; R. and J. 

 Sands ; J. Jeavons ; W. Floyd ; A. W. Graham ; J. Thomas ; J. C. Bentley ; 

 E. Challis ; C. Mottram ; M. J. Starling ; H. Bond ; and J. W. Lowry. 



" Illustratiojis to the Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott,'* London : Charles 

 Tilt, Fleet Street, &c. 8vo. (Monthly.) 



Five plates ; 1, the hall at Abbotsford, from Roberts, by Jeavons ; 2, 

 " Margaret of Branksome," not one of the inimitable Chalon's happiest pro- 

 ductions ; the face is meagre, the eye tumid, the left hand disproportionally 

 small, and the ear is not the exquisitely formed ear of " the peerless fair." 

 The print is beautifully engraved by James Thomson, and by many will be es- 

 teemed the principal charm of the number. 3, is cleverly executed by Adlard, 

 from a drawing by J. H. Nixon : the artist has not been eminently successful 

 in his design, his power as a draughtsman is as yet immature : 4, by Cleghorn, 

 from Pugin, is of value to the antiquary : 5, Waterloo, from Cooper, by H. C. 

 Shenton, is perhaps the gem of the whole. The work is one of uncommon in- 

 terest, and, considering the price, the merit of the engravings is extraordinary. 

 An appendix to the *' Illustrations" has made its appearance, and, as descrip- 

 tive of the prints, constitutes a very requisite companion. 



** Memorials of Oxford : Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Colleges, 

 Churches^ and other Public Buildings ;" edited by the Rev. James Ingram, D. D., 

 President of Trinity College ; with engravings by LeKeux, from original draw- 

 ings by F. Mackenzie. Oxford, J. N. Parker ; London, Charles Tilt, &c. 8vo. 

 No. XX. (Monthly.) 



An interesting and portable record of this venerable and beautiful city. The 

 present number contains two views by Le Keux, viz. " the west front" and 

 *' the chapel, &c." of Lincoln College; with three vignettes on wood, by Jewitt. 

 The prints by Le Keux are most delicately engraved, perhaps to an excess, a 

 little more depth and freedom of handling in the foregrounds, and principal 

 masses, with a few sharp touches on the tracery of the windows and other lead- 

 ing details, would wonderfully improve the spirit of these attractive morgeaux. 

 Le Keux knows how to avail himself of the hint. The descriptive notices are 

 brief but accurate ; dates, names and dimensions being carefully preserved. 



" Newstead Abbey ,•" by L. Haghe, from M. Webster. A. Barber, Notting- 

 ham. 



An interesting and very charming lithograph. 



** The Bota7iic Garden ;" by B. Maund, F. L. S. Patronized by Her Most 

 Gracious Majesty. No. 115. Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Hall Court^ 



This most elegant and accurate work progresses with characteristic ex- 

 cellence, presenting a charming assemblage of botanical favorites. The 



