7 JUNE 1851, Page 20

GEOMETRICAL PRINCIPLES OF BEAUTIFUL FORMS.

Mr. Wyndham Harding delivered a lecture at the School of Design, last night, in illustration of the principles of form promulgated by Mr. Hay of Edinburgh and on which we expressed our views when his volume was published. The lecturer, who confined himself almost en- tirely to a simple exposition of principles, avowed nevertheless, towards the conclusion of his statement, that he did not feel absolutely persuaded of the certainty of the theory ; and expressed a doubt whether other angles than those adopted by Mr. Hay would not be equally fertile as bases of harmonious form : but he unhesitatingly recognized the valuable results obtained according to the principles propounded.