5 JULY 1851, Page 20

COOK'S RECOLLECTIONS: PARTS II. AND III.*

These further parts of Mr. Cook's illustrations of Grecian scenery dis- play a decided advance on the first. They possess more air and scenic illusion. The views of Corinth from Lutvaki, and of Argostoli, espe- cially, are successful in sunny atmosphere ; that of the Choragic monu- ment of Lysicrates in tint and the aspect of reality. The Temple of Ju- piter Olympius is treated with a poetic sense of mournfulness, and what may be termed remoteness. In method of working, something more bold and individual, with firmer character in the figures, might sal he desired.

* Recollections of a Tour in the Ionian Islands, Greece, and Constantinople. Parts II. and III.