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Chester As It Was. By the Rev. J. S. Howson, D.D., Dean of Chester, and Alfred Rimmer, Esq. (Longman.)—This is a very interesting book, which any one who has seen Chester would be glad to possess. The drawings are conjectural restorations of the principal buildings of the city ; a city which has lost much, though doubtless much has been left to it. By " conjectural " is not meant anything "imaginary." Everything has been "scrupulously based on ascertained facts." The authors have done wisely in selecting no one period for their restorations. Such a selection would not indeed have been possible. Every great building may be shown as it was at one time ; if more had been attempted, there must have been much of mere guessing. We have views of the walls, of the cathedral in its various aspects, free from the unsightly build- ings which have here and there been obtruded into the close, of the churches of St. Pater and St. John, of "Stanley House," a relic of the time when the great families passed their winter in the county capitals. Dr. Howson contributes the letter-press, and part, as we gather, of the material of the restorations. Mr. Rimmer has executed the drawings. The work has been well done between them.
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