Among the Pictorial Periodicals which had not come to hand
last week, Part IV. of the Landscape Illustrations of the Bible deserves par- ticular notice. HARDING'S View of Mytelene resembles TURNER, and has equal space and atmosphere, though there does not seem so much light on the landscape as the sun would throw, and the sea is not translu- cent. The light, spongy clouds in his View of the Ruins of Tyre, and the effect of sun-light through them, are beautifully true to nature. STAN- FIELD'S View of the Holy Sepulchre, which is very real-looking, and a dull and feeble one of the Mosque of David on Mount Zion, are well- timed with the appearance of the Panorama of Jerusalem ; a sight of which will make the separate views of the various localities in these Bible Illustrations more intelligible in reference to their relative position. In No. XXXV. of the Gallery of Portraits, we have the thought-
worn face of Locke, with his eager searching look ; the handsome and vigorously intellectual countenance of Selden ; and the severe gravity of Pare, the father of French surgery.
The Byron Beauties, coining after these:" mighty men of brain,"must needs be insipid ; those in Part V. having no character to give meaning and interest to their beauty. The Specimens of Ancient Furniture include not only chairs, tables, and presses, but, as we see in Part IX., candlesticks, knockers, latches,. and hinges of quaint device. Part X X IX. of the Memorials of Oxford illustrates Brazennose College, with views of its exterior and of the interior of the chapel; but the text throws no light on time origin of its singular name. No. I V. of BRITTON and BRAYLEY'S Account ni the late Houses of Parliament includes a plan of St. Stephen's Chapel, views of the Long Gallery and the house of Lords after the fire, and of the South walk of theClui,ters, showing the beautiful groining of the roof, and the ele- gance and symmetry of the Gothic architecture. The historical por- tion of the text is curious and amusing. The British Atlas, by Messrs. J. and C. WALKER, of which the First Number is before us, appears to possess every requisite to re- commend it to general circulation. Its size—atlas quarto—is suffi- ciently large to admit the villages and country-seats without crowding the map, and is not too unwieldy for convenient reference. The engraving is remarkably clear and neat ; and the eye readily catches the prominent places. Among its distinctive features, are the mark- ings of the boundaries of boroughs, divisions of counties, and election and polling-places, under the Reform Act; the distances from London, and between town and town ; lists of wapentakes or hundreds ; the extent and population of each county.; and the number of Members re. turned for counties and boroughs. Added to these recommendations, its price is extremely cheap ; being for two maps Is. 6d. plain, and 2s. coloured.
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