Countless people who are interested in architecture, whethet as amateurs
or as professionals, owe a debt of gratitude to Sir Banister Fletcher for his History of Architecture on the Comparative Method. It is good to sec yet another edition— the eighth—of that admirable book (Batsford, 42s.) and to note that it is larger and more comprehensive than ever, with references to recent important work in England and America as well as to Tutankhamen's Tomb. The author's gift of concise expression and his mastery of detail are alike wonderful. He deals with every style of architecture in turn, and yet he finds room for notes on almost every important building that one can think of. His pictures and plans—some 3,500 in number—are astonishingly clear and most convenient for reference. Everyone who is concerned with architecture will find the book indispensable.
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