PICTORIAL PERIODICALS.
WE are glad to have the Second Part of E. W. COOKE'S Views of the Old and New London Bridges before us, for we have seen no similar work so really excellent and so unpretending in style. The artist, who is also his own engraver, is a young man, a relative and pupil (we be- lieve) of W. B. COOKE, the celebrated engraver of the plates of TUR- VER'S Southern Coast, Views of the Thames, &c. Here we see the fruits of a sound and efficient course of practical study, for want of Which the greater part of our artists lose reputation, if not fortune. The views in the present number are the Southwark end of the Old Bridge before the work of demolition was begun ; showing, under it, the gouthwark and Blackfriars Bridges —a very forcible engraving ; the steps of the New Bridge, and part of London side of the old struc- ture, from the river, showing St. Magnus's Church and the Monument, --beautifully bright, and full of colour, with a fine effect of atmosphere; the demolition of the great or Chapel pier ; and a view of the ruins of the Crypt under the Chapel that formerly stood on the Bridge,—the last a very rich etching. The clearness, force, and boldness of these etchings, will strike every one ; but the skill with which the distant objects are indicated and near ones brought out, and the keeping and general effect of the picture are preserved, by the power of the etching alone;deserves particular admiration. The work is a most interesting one, raising up before us again the venerable Old Bridge, and showing, as it were, the anatomy of its structure. The next part will complete it.
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