Those interested in architectural education will find much . worth considering
in Mr. Maurice Adams's little pamphlet, As to the Making of Architects, which is reprinted from the Builder. The object of Mr. Adams is to improve the artistic power of the architect. He truly says that to be able to make a complicated plan and to know how to use materials is not enough. In fact, there is something more required than to be a practical man. The power of drawing the building, as well as planning its arrangement, and so realising its appearance, Mr. Adams con- siders is not sufficiently cultivated. It is to be hoped that some higher training may be given to the humbler class of architects, those who cover the country with small houses, for these make so much more show for good or ill than the few elaborate works on a grander scale.
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