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84 for the study of antiquities, has endeavoured to excite a similar taste in others, by giving to the world these highly interesting volumes.

In Part I. there are no less than sixty lithographic illustrations, from the able hand of Mr. T. A. Hamersley. The subjects are chiefly heads and busts from the antique, a few statues, some bassi-relievi, sarcophagi, funereal tablets, sculptured ossuaria, &c.; amongst which will be found many of high interest and beauty, some being of the best period of Greek art. Each plate is accompanied by a short historical or descriptive memoir.

In Part II. we have thirty-two Plates from engravings in wood, all executed by Mr. George Measom, with a spirit and truth which evince very correct taste; and five lithographs from the facile pencil of Mr. Scharf. The objects represented are chiefly of Bronze or Terra Cotta, with a few of Glass, and one of Silver.

We have been enabled, by the kind permission of Mr. Disney, to enrich our Journal with these interesting Woodcuts, the subjects being better adapted to the size of our Volume, than the larger lithographic plates. Those of the antique acerra in Bronze are characteristic representations of the lid, front, and end of a rare example of an incense box, formerly in the collection of the Count Caylus. The upright figure, from the Villa Adriana, near Tivoli, appears to represent an Egyptian Slave, supporting a lamp with two burners. The third Plate has two cuts of Cinerary Urns of Terra Cotta, found at Clusium (now Chiusi) in Tuscany; the one appears to represent the passage of the soul to the world of spirits; and the other a battle scene. On the lid of each is the recumbent figure of the deceased, whose ashes they contained.