The Chronology of Mediceval and Renaissance Architecture. By J. Tavenor
Perry. (John Murray.)—This book is very beautifully printed, and is designed to serve a very useful purpose. If used with Ferguson at hand, it will be of great value to students. It only, of course, professes to supplement, by a clear, tabulated statement and a good index, works which deal with the history of architecture in detail. It necessarily cannot be complete, and its use by those interested in the subject will doubtless show what can be added. Turning to the index, we do not find mention of St. Benet's, Cambridge, nor of the parish churches of Darlington, Martock, Taunton, or Yeovil ; and yet some of these might surely have been included. Castles are included in the plan, but we do not find Raby. Belvoir is said to have been first built in 1088, but subsequent changes have not been traced. As to build- ings on the Continent, we find no mention of Amboise, and yet there is something to be told of its castle ; and the same of the castle of Pavia. The late Professor Freeman's architectural works do not appear in this list of authorities. It is only just to say that the author has not professed to make his work complete ; but we think that churches or castles of great note ought to be investigated and included, even though others of similar architectural style may have been given as illustrations.
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