FINDEN'S Ports and Harbours employ the talents of several artists.
Besides HARDING'S Views of Plymouth, Mount Edgecumbe, and Budleigh—which have the daylight aQpect of out-door nature, and the freshness of the moist and genial climate of Devon—we have among the plates in the last parts, a spirited picture of a fishing smack enter- ing Ramsgate Harbour in a gale by EDWARD COOKE; Chatham, by WARREN, with a calm glowing afternoon sun ; Southampton, under a cloudy sky, by T. NASH; a picturesque study of old cottages at Folk- stone, by BOYS; a faithful view of the Beach at Hastings, tame but true, by HOWSE ; and Cromer, obscured by heavy rain clouds, with a beautiful bit of marine distance, by Caeswice. The vivid impression of the atmospheric effects is the best testimony to the merit of the engravings. In works of this class, our artists are unrivalled ; the present work is alike characteristic of the scenery and the arts of the country.
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