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 356 NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. The third paper is on the ancient church of St. Orens, at Aiich, by the Baron Cliaudruc de Crazanues. This cliurch was destroyed in the revohition of 1793. Among the ruins were found distinct traces of a lioman temple, which stood on this site, but the church had been rebuilt in the tenth century by Bernard-le-louclie. Several tombs, which were partially preserved, are also described. These three papers, with two or three letters relating to the meeting of the " Institut des Provinces" at Caen, are all that the present number con- tains. ■ ESSAI SUR LES VlTRAUX DE LA CaTHEDRALE DE STRASBOURG, par M. I'Abbe V. Guerber, professeur au grand-seminaire. Avec quatre plan- ches, dessinees par M. Baptiste Petit-Girard, lithochromiees par E. Simon fils. Strasbourg, Le Roux, 8vo., 124 pages and 4 coloured plates. 3s. 6d. Another example of the manner in which the French are getting the start of England in archseological matters. Here we have for a trifling price an excellent handbook of the painted glass of Strasbourg cathedral, written by an abbe and professor, and dedicated with permission to the archbishop of the diocese, who has himself founded a Professorship of Archa;ology in his diocesan college. The first chapter gives very good and accurate general notions on the subject of glass painting in general — an excellent summary of the subject. The second gives an account of the general order and symbolism of the Avindows of Strasbourg cathedral. The third, fourth, and fifth, contain a careful analysis of these windows. The sixth, an arrangement according to the order of their resjiective dates, from the twelfth to the fifteenth centu- ries. The seventh, a description of the ornaments, as distinct from the figures, such as the borders and the diapered backgrounds. The eighth, an account of the restorations recently effected and others proposed. The author is evidently familiar with his subject, and his observations are gene- rally worthy of attention. At p. 96 he observes that " In painting as well as in architecture there are no laws applicable to all works and to all countries, the tendencies and the means of execution are different accord- ing to the schools ; and the schools of which the existence is certain are still covered by so thick a veil that it is impossible for us to compare with precision the age and the processes of art." This remark is the result of nuich observation and reflection, and it is well worthy of the attention of the admirers of medieval antiquity in this country.