Monthly Retrospect of the Fine Arts. fNor. ii 
any of those that are found in the sub¬ 
jacent strata. 
It is very remarkable - that in this 
stratum, the last in wliich the genus 
stmmonites is met with, so remarkable a 
deviation from the original form of the 
genus should occur, as almost to claim 
its being considered as the characteristic 
of another genus. In the fossil here 
referred to, which possesses all the other 
characters of ammonitesj the spiral coil 
is disposed in a form rather approaching 
to that of the oval than the circle. 
In another fossil of this stratum, a 
still more extraordinary deviation exists. 
This fossil possesses the concaraerations 
and the foliaceous sutures of the cornu 
ammonis; but, instead of being spirally 
coiled, it has its ends turned towards 
each other, somewhat in the form of a 
canoe. This peculiar form has led to 
the placing of tins fossil under a separate 
genus, which has been named Scap/ntes. 
Of the extent of this stratum no cor¬ 
rect account has beeri given; but there 
is sulncient reason for believing, that it 
accompanies the other clalk in its range 
through this island. It also appears 
that its peculiar fossils exist in it at very 
considerable distances. Thus the oval 
ammonite, which is found in the Sussex 
hills, likew'ise occurs in the hard chalk 
of Wiltshire; and the scaphites, an¬ 
other inhabitant of the Sussex hills, has 
also been discovered in Dorsetshire. 
^fDNTHLY RETROSPECT of the FINE ARTS. 
T/t€ Vie of Nezv Pr'nits, Cooununicaiions of Articles of Intelligence^ ^-c, ar^ 
requested to he sent under cover io the Care of the Publisii^r, 
The BrAhh Galltry of vJth some 
uccount of each Picture^ attJ a Life of the 
Arust. 'Ey Edward Forsterf A,M, and 
F.R.S. No. VIIL 
rS'^flE subjects of this number of Mr, 
1 . Forster’s valuable publication, are, 
1st. A Nobleman of Cyprus, after Titian; 
2d. The Tooth-drawer, after Gerard 
Douw ; 3d. A Warrior, after Kem- 
brandt; and 4th. The Plague, after 
Poussin. To deny this number a con¬ 
siderable portion of merit, would be un¬ 
just; yet it must be allowed to be inferior 
in its selection to former numbers. Af¬ 
ter being gratified with Sir Joshua Rey- 
ziolds's infant Hercules, in tlie last num¬ 
ber, we certainly did hope that Mr. 
Forster would have found some otlier 
British picture of equal merit, for his 
** British Gallery of Engravings,’’ which 
has hitherto liad but that one from a 
British artist. One fourth part of ,an 
occasional number, (why not of evdry 
one) mighCsurely be with great propriety 
devoted to the great and acknowledged 
talents, of the English school. 
The engravings are in the first style of 
graphic art, and in the only manner 
(line) which is truly adopted for the 
highest class of pictures; and the descrip¬ 
tions with the feelings of a true coii- 
r.oisseur. 
Gothic Ornaments in the Cathedral Church of 
Porky drawn and etched by fosefh Half 
pennyy cn 106 Plates, with descriptrve Let* 
terfress.-^Taylor, London. 
This is one of the most useful whrks 
of the kind that has been published for 
a considerable time, and is a valuable 
acquisition to the student of Gothi© 
architecture. They are correctly drawn 
and carefully etched, and the descriptive 
letter-press is a sufficient guide to the 
plates. 
A set of Plates to illustrate the Scripture His* 
tory ; designed by Mr. Craig, and cut in 
TVood by Bewick, Nesbit, Branston, Clenr.el, 
and Hole, Printed in sets of ‘various~si%ed 
papers,. 
The art of engraving on wood, was 
much and undeservedly on its decline, 
till Bewick restored it to a rank among 
the arts. We say a rank among tlie 
arts, for no such rank could be allowed 
to the cuts of his immediately prior 
publications. These are every one well 
cut, and prove its great power in certffia 
classes of art, and would have met \vith 
unqualified praise for illustrating printiess 
Bibles, had they been from a better de¬ 
signer tiian Mr. Craig. 
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