Part I.: Introductory—General Outlines. Part II.: Trabeated or Beam Architecture—1. Egypt; 2. Chaldæa, Assyria, and Persia; 3. India; 4. China; 5. Japan; 6. Asia Minor; 7. Greece; 8. Sicily. Part III.: Round-Arched Architecture—1. Etruria and Rome; 2. Early Christian Churches; 3. Byzantine Churches; 4. Romanesque Churches; 5. Norman; 6. Saracenic. Part IV.: Pointed, or Gothic Architecture. Part V.: Renaissance Architecture—Architectural Examples which may be studied in London.
“Admirably adapted to fill the position it assumes. It explains in the simplest possible manner the distinctions, not only between the various styles of architecture, but between the different styles of ornamentation; and in every case there is an illustration, which cannot fail to fix in the mind the distinctions of which the author has been talking.”—Scotsman.
Transcriber’s note
Minor punctuation and formatting errors have been changed without notice; otherwise spelling and punctuation has been retained as published. The following Printer errors have been changed.
| CHANGED | FROM | TO |
| Page [7]: | “Meryon’s Etching” | “Méryon’s Etching” |
| Page [7]: | “The Straw-Yard” | “The Straw Yard” |
| Page [33]: | “case is it an indispensible virtue” | “case is it an indispensable virtue” |
| Page [44]: | “Hollar a compact selecttion” | “Hollar a compact selection” |
| Page [68]: | “and his Bécheurs” | “and his Bêcheurs” |
| Page [72]: | “Galerie de Nôtre-Dame” | “Galérie de Nôtre-Dame” |
| To face Page [82]: | “Meryon: La Morgue” | “Méryon: La Morgue” |
| Page [107]: | “Coombe Bottom, First State” | “Combe Bottom, First State” |
| Page [121]: | “Lime Burners” | “Lime-Burners” |
| Page [121]: | “ghost—desperately over-rated” | “ghost—desperately overrated” |
| Page [144]: | “Arms with the Skull” | “Arms with a Skull” |
| Page [147]: | “Arms with the Skull” | “Arms with a Skull” |
| Page [159]: | “spoilt by the retouching” | “spoilt by the re-touching” |
| Page [170]: | “Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin” | “Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin” |
| Page [172]: | “What French pictorial artist thought” | “What French pictorial artists thought” |
| Page [186]: | “La Sortie de l’Opera” | “La Sortie de l’Opéra” |
| Page [243]: | “Jacopo de ’Barbarj” | “Jacopo de’ Barbarj” |
| Page [256]: | “Buffon and Two Couples” | “Buffoon and Two Couples” |
| Page [256:] | “Chemise enlevée” | “Chemise en levée” |
| Page [256]: | “Arms with the Skull” | “Arms with a Skull” |
| Page [256]: | “Dance by the Water-side” | “Dance by the Waterside” |
| Page [257]: | “Epées, Langues de Bœufs,” | “Epées, Langues de Bœuf” |
| Page [257]: | “Etude de Jeune Fille” | “Étude de Jeune Fille” |
| Page [258]: | “Jeu de Câche-câche” | “Jeu de Cache-cache” |
| Page [258]: | “Little Boat-house” | “Little Boathouse” |
| Page [259]: | “Mort et le Bucheron, La” | “Mort et le Bûcheron, La” |
In the Index on Page [259], there is an entry for “Pennell, J., 131”. That name doesn’t appear on that page or anywhere else in the book.
All other inconsistencies are as in the original.