with one exception, namely the last paper in the collection, which appeared in the fortnightly review, all these essays were printed in the st. james’s gazette during the editorship of mr. greenwood. the essay on “architectural styles” contains a summary of principles which i stated, some thirty years ago, in various articles, chiefly in the edinburgh review. as this essay now stands, i hope that readers, who have knowledge enough to enable them to judge, will find in it an example of the kind of criticism which i have advocated earlier in the volume.

coventry patmore.