On The Use Of Colour In Diagrams Illustrating The History Of Architecture.

f he Lancet period was characterised solely by the lancet orm of the windows . Mr . Rickman included in the Lancet period some buildings which were of the Transitional , and some which were of the Geometrical periods . The Curvilinear period was distinguished by its flowing forms , the ogee , and the sinuous forms which appeared not only in the tracery , but in all parts of the building of

the period . Along with the changes of form in the outine would be found corresponding changes in the details . This was an important reason why architects should not mis the outline forms of one period with the detail forms of another period , for by so doing they missed the unity and fitness of purpose , so characteristic of every period of Gothic art . To do so , in fact , was just as bad as to make

a solecism in language . No one would think of putting on to a Doric column , a Corinthian capital . Ib would be like a line of poetry badly spelt . In the Rectilinear period the lines were not only [ vertical , but horizontal , therefore the term . " Rectilinear " was , Mr . Sharpe considered , preferable to the term "Perpendicular , " besides pairing well with the term " Curvilinear . " Almost all

the great Cathedral and Abbey Churches of the country were devisable into three parts longitudinally , viz : —the choir or chancel , transepts , and nave . They were also laterally divisable into three parts , viz : —the nave , and two side aisles ; this tripartite division was also visible in the elevation , which was contained in three stories or stages . Those he proposed tu call the grand story , the

blind story , and the clerestory—terms which would explain themselves . Mr . sharpe then proceeded to explain the various points which distinguished the several periods of English architecture from each other . He said that the . difference between the buildings of the Norman and the Transitional periods consisted chiefl y iu the much greater lightness of all the parts of those of the latter period . And hero he would say that when he spoke of these absolube divisions or periods . it must not

be supposed that he meant to draw a hard and fast line between one period and another . That was impossible , because architecture was constantly progressing , and , therefore , always in a state of transition , and that progress wns never arrested . The windows of the Transitional period were also longer and narrower , and the intercolumniations were tailor . The buttresses were

more prominent . Mr . Sharpe then referred to the use of the pointed arch by the Mediteval builders . This arch was not invented by the mediaevalists , as was popularly supposed , for ib wns to be found in Euclid , and its abstract form must have been known to geometricians in every age , because the intersection of two circles formed ic . He was perfectly certain why it was adopted by the

Medieval builders , although he believed that about thirty theories were given in Britton ' s work on the subjectnot one of them the correct one . In the early part of the twelfth century , many of the large circular arches used for spanning large openings had given way . AVho could find a chancel arch of Norman date that was perfectly true ? As the builders of that period " were never

able to hew stones more than lSin . in depth , the sides of the voussoirs in arches of large span became nearly parallel , audit followed , as a matter of course , that in circular arches of a large span , the centre voussoirs began to fail after a certain time . The maxim that " an arch never sleeps , " should ever be borne in mind , for , in course of time , its lateral pressure would make itself felt . Many

of the earlier arches in the Romanesque buildings abroad were not truly pointed arches , but were modifications of the circular arch , effected by simply raising the upper part imperceptibly . The Mediseval builders , finding the increased stability of the pointed arch , began to execute during the Transitional period , pointed arches of two centres , but preferring , as they did , the form of the circular arch , they used the pointed one only in places where the stability of the structurerequired it . ( To be continued ) .

Obituary.

Obituary .

We regret to announce the death , on the 14 th inst ., of the ~ R . W . the Prov . Grand Master for Cambridgeshire , Bro . Thomas Henry Hall , F . R . S ., of Lincolns Inn , and formerly Fellow of King ' s College , Cambridge . The deceased brother was in the 75 th " year of his

age , and had held his appointment of Provincial Grand Master for several years , he was also a Past Grand Registrar , and had held other high Masonic positions in the Craft . It may he mentioned that among other Masonic attainments , Bi-o . ' Hall was considered to be more

, particularly au authority on the jurisprudence and ritual of the lioyal Arch degree , as he was for a long time held to be on Craft Masonry . He had a long experience and a judicial mind , which enabled him to grasp accurately many questions of Masonic discussion .

THE EDUCATION MOVEMENT . —The inhalvt-m ' s of Learning ton have recently heen doing "aiul acting as if something more useful than fashionable soirees or hunthnr p : ut es occupied the attention of the residents in the Midland watering-place . Monday last was the Speech Day at the College , anil the occasion was chosen to inaugurate the new hoard-house whie ' i uiw forms the western side of the quadrangle of the elegmt Elizabethan

structure which adorns the fashionable suhurh of Binswoid The proceedings were initiated by the Lord lieutenant of "Warwickshire , Lord Leigh , patron of the College , and he was surrounded by l \ . eelite of his neighbours and friends . It was expected that Or . Harry , formerly head-master of Cheltenham College , the Bishop of Exeter , and other leading educationalists would have heen present , hut they were unfortunately prevented from attending . Amongst those who took pare in the

proceedings were—Dr . Jephson , Dr . O'Callnghan , i \ S . A . _ the ltev . II . G . Woods , Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College , Oxford , & c . The prize holders of the term , Mr . J . C . Dickenson , and Air . H . Simpson , and Mr . J . Hull gave their prize recitation in English verse , Latin prose aud verse to a crowded assembly in the large hall of the College . The new hoarding-house has the residence of a Master attached to it : under whose management it will . he conducted . The basement and ground floor contains various

requisite offices , also a spacious dining-lnill , a s . liool-ronni , as well as several private studies , which will be placed at the disposal of the most diligent boys . The upper floors coutdn 40 dormitories , hath rooms , and other apartments ; also separate rooms for invalids . The whole is well heated with hot water , and thoroughly ventilated . 'The staircases are of stone . No expense has been spared to ensure health and comfort in the minutest particular . During the proceedings the scholarships gained by the students in open competition were awarded .

Poetry.

Poetry .

AUTUMN MEMORIES . Old friends are fading with the leaves , " And dropping one by one : AA'hen Spring puts on her robes again , AVhat loved ones will be gone ! Gone from our homes , hut not our

hearts—Their memories will be there , As bright and fresh as leaves and flowers That make the Spring so fair .