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The Review of Reviews. 



QUADRIGAS ANCIENT AND 

 MODERN. 



Now that the quadriga on the Wellington Arch has 



been inaugurated, Mr. T. P. Bennett, writing in the 



Maj- number of the Architectural Rcvie-.c, takes the 



■ opportunity to discuss other groups which have been 



the forerunners of this work. 



EARLY EXAMPLES. 



E.xamples have been found said to date from the 

 eighth century B.C., but these are rude in form. The 

 first use of the chariot in anything like a developed 

 style occurs in the bas-reliefs of the Syrians. These, 

 however, are two-horse and three-horse chariots used 

 in sport or war. In Bceotia an interesting example, 

 dating from the sixth or seventh century B.C., has been 

 found. There are four horses, a chariot, and two stand- 

 ing figures, but here the work is rude in the extreme. 

 Another example of about the same date is to be found 

 in one of the metopes from the older temple at Selinus, 

 now in the British Museum. It has a quadriga carved 

 upon it in semi-relief. The general treatment of a 

 quadriga at the present time is to place it looking 

 towards the principal point of view. In ancient bas- 

 relief it is carved so that the spectator is looking at the 

 side. 



ROMAN TRIUMPHAL ARCHES. 



Canina's engravings of Roman triumphal arches 

 show most of them crowned with a quadriga. That 



upon the arch of Trajan at Benvenuto is cited as 

 perhaps the most satisfactory. One figure only is in 

 the chariot. Upon the arch of Septimus Severus we find 

 six horses, three male figures in the chariot, and two 

 foot-soldiers and two horsemen as accessory figures. 



QUADRIGAS AT BERLIN, PARIS, AND VIENNA. 



Among modern examples is the Triumphal Arch in 

 the Place de Carrousel, Paris. In Berlin the quadriga 

 upon the Brandenburg Gate stands at the end of an 

 avenue a mile in length. Two new quadrigas in Berlim 

 are those upon the monument to the Kaiser Wiihelm T., 

 They represent North and South Germany, and are 

 more successful than most, the figures in the chariots- 

 being particularly worthy of admiration. Other 

 modern examples are to be seen at the Houses of 

 Parliament, Vienna, where there are four groups with 

 the flanks presented to the main front. 



CAPTAIN ADRIAN JONES's GROUP. 



With regard to Captain Adrian Jones's group on the 

 top of Dccimus Burton's Wellington Arch on Consti- 

 tution Hill, the writer expresses the opinion that while 

 the setting of the four horses is effective and the model- 

 ling vigorous, the central figure of the .\ngel of Peace 

 in her chariot makes the group too high and pointed. 

 The total height of the group is 32ft., and the width 

 36ft. The total weight is forty tons. The horses are 

 double life-size and w-eigh six tons each. 



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The Wellington Arch. 



THE QUEEN'S DAY. 



In the Home Messenger for June Mrs. Sarah A. 

 Tooley sketches a day in the life of the Queen. She 

 says of Her Majesty : — 



She begins her day early, wiih her mind clear and alert for 

 (he dmies whicli lie lie.''ore her. The (Jueen knows nothing of 

 fiitii/i and the ainilcssness of life which keeps the indolenS 

 wom.nn of fashion in her chamber til! noon. 



The children are Her Majesty's fust care. 



After the children's hour in the morning, the Queen transacts 

 business in her private room with her secretary and lady-in- 

 waiting, and gives instructions regarding the replies to be sent 

 to her numerous correspondents. .She is very methodical and ' 

 exact in her work, and rarely alters her mind after giving a 

 decision. 



The Queen gets through a quantity of needlework for 

 charities, and never sits with idle hands. For one charity- 

 alone she makes sixty wool p iticoats a year, and garments for 

 the Needlework Guild are always in her worl;-basl;et. She has 

 a piece of needlework in progress in each of her rooms, so that, 

 wherever she chances to sit, there is work to take up. The 

 Queen gives but little time now to music or painting, but 

 reading is a passion with her. 



Gossip finds no place in the r)ueen's day. It is well under- 

 stood that.ller Majesty dislikes idle talk and society gossip. 

 She is deeply interested in topics of the day, in books and in 

 art, and enjoys conversation on these subjects. The scandal- 

 monger .and tale-bearer gets no countenance from the f)ueen, 



A l.ady intimately connected w ith the l^)ueen, on being asked 

 what were Ilcr M,ajesty's religious views, made the pertinent 

 reply : " Look at her life '. That is the best evidence that she 

 is a sincere follower of Christ," The (Jueen makes the Bible 

 her daily guide, she instils its precepts into the minds of her 

 children, and from her lips they learnt their first prayer. No 

 matter how full her day may be, the (Jueen always reser\-es a 

 quiet time for religious exercises. 



