erection of the yet unfinished new Opera House, Paris. All the great buildings of the world come under survey and are critically examined. The chapter on Architecture in North America though brief is important as the first one of that country ever introduced in a general work on the art. Mr. Fergusson's severity as a critic is well known, and many of his remarks are not of flattering nature. He gives, however, a very interesting detailed account in the illustrations of the capitol at Washington, comparing it with the New House of Parliament, disadvantageous to the latter. He says, taking it all in all, there are few buildings erected in modern times which possess to a greater extent than the Capitol at Washington, appropriateness of purpose, combined with the dignity necessary for the Senate House of a great nation. 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