4 DECEMBER 1909, Page 12

CURRENT LITERATURE.

ART-BOOKS.

Greek Architecture. By Allan Marquand. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. net.)—From such a book as this many will learn with surprise how much is known about the details of construction of Greek buildings. Here are to be found diagrams showing how wood was combined with stone or brick, and how the beams of floors and roofs were laid and joined together. COnsidering how little remains of Greek architecture, except in a very ruinous condi-

it is wonderful what ingenuity has been brought into play to discover how the temples and other buildings were actually built. Professor Marquand has marshalled his facts, diagrams, and photo- graphs admirably, and the mass of information is put clearly and accessibly before the reader.