ARCHITECTURE SHOWN TO THE CHILDREN.
Architecture Shown to the Children. By Gladys Wynne. (T. C. and E. C. Jack. 2s. 6d. net.)—The writer of this little book has compressed her subject with shill, for though she takes her readers from Greek to Renaissance architecture in comparatively few pages, the result is a coherent picture of orderly progression, and not merely a collection of isolated facts. She wisely weaves a thread of hstnan interest into her descriptions of temples, cathedrals, and palaces, and never loses sight of the historical side of her subject. The children who read this book, and more particularly those who are helped to study it carefully, will, as Miss Wynne says, "have found the key that unlocks the gates of the House Beautiful, and can now enter in and enjoy its treasures." This volume, which is full of illustrations, clear diagrams, as well as good reproductions of photographs, will, besides being a firm foundation for childish knowledge, prove of use to those grown-up people who wish, with little trouble, to co-ordinate their vague ideas on architecture.
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