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Architectural and Decorative Designs. Drawn by Enrico Salandri. (Atchley.)—This is

a handsome quarto volume, the object of which is to supply those who are at work at various "fine-art" productions with appropriate designs. Many of these are taken from ancient sources ; generally the character of the designs is that of ancient or modern classicalism. Our own taste lies in a different direction, but we can recognize the mrrit which these possess in their own line of art. Those who hold with the late Lord Palmerston, and prefer the classical to the Gothic, will find in this volume a very complete and valuable assistance.