30 JUNE 1832, Page 20

The Fourth Part of the Landscape Illustrations of Byron, con-

tains a great variety of subjects ; all of which, both as regards the talents of the artists and the skill of the engravers, Messrs. FINDEN, are of the highest order of excellence. Besides the two charming vignettes, the Coliseum by HARDING, and the Wengen Alps by HULLMANDEL, which we noticed when they appeared in one volume of the works, we have a rich view by STANFIELD, from a sketch by Captain ELLIOTT, Of. ro- mantic Cintra, with its rocky cliffs and winding defiles, with buildings on their declivities, embedded in foliage ; and the horizon bounded by ihe sea.- It is elaborate in its, beauty, but not artificial. 'Mr. PAGE'S sketch of the Castle of Chilion has received from HARDING'S pencil a deliciously natural effect of transient gloom, which in the distance has been rendered with great truth and delicacy by the engraver. The clouds are light, spongy, and shifting; the water in the foreground is lucid and full of motion, though rather spotty; and the effect of light and shade on the picturesque old castle, with its covered bridge, is ex- cellent. It is a familiar aspect of the dungeons of Chillon, whose dis- mal echoes are awakened immortally in BYRON'S verse. ROBERTS has given grand effect to C. LANDSF.ER'S view of the ecclesiastical. edifice at Mafra. It is a stupendous monument of the genius of one of the famous Italian architects ; and combines the statey regularity and mas- sive grandeur of the palace with the towering elevation and dome and pinnacles of the cathedral. The centre, with its two campanile towers, and the noble dome, rising behind them, would appear to have been the model of St. Paul's; but the towers are steeples in fact, and the wings are palace•Lke. The magnificent effect of this combina- tion,..and the beauty of the vast proportions, together with the greatness of style displayed in the general design,, and also in the details, give to the ensemble a sublime character. We are ashamed to say that we never were acquainted with this splendid edifice before. The sight of it must fright our modern architects-would we could sny from their im- propriety! ROBERTS'S version of Mr. ComanEu.'s distant view of the Mosque of St. Sophia, at Constantinople, is formal in style, and tame and mannered in effect. We doubt the correctness of the perspective of the foreground. The portrait of Ada possesses an interest quite in- dependent of the personal attractions of the sweet little child here de- picted. The engraving of the head, by Marx, is beautiful.