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 4,'54 NOTICES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS. other pictorial arts only in its peculiar conditions, and that, subject to these conditions, its productions must be estimated according to the general rules of art ; that it is therefore idle to try to subject glass painting to any less comprehensive rules, whose application to it must be pui'ely imaginary ; and that to seek to establish as standards of excellence works which cannot stand the ordeal of intelligent criticism, savours only of ignorance, or prejudice, or of both. We are therefore compelled to state, as our delibe- rate conviction, that a real revival of this once beautiful art, if possible, as we think it is, can only be brought about by the adoption of principles very different from those advocated by our author. We have noticed several other inaccurate statements in the course of the work, but we have not sufficient space to enter into them. In conclu- sion, we are glad to find that Mr. Warrington, in his notice of modern artists who have revived the ancient system of glass painting, pays a proper tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Miller ; we are, however, much surprised at the omission of the merits of Mr. Willement, to whom we owe the first practical revival of the various styles of ancient glass, and to whom ]Ir. Warrington is probably peculiarly indebted. NOTES ON CHELTENHAM ; ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL. By W. H. Gomonde. 1849. 8vo. (Printed for private distribution.) The interesting brochure produced by Mr. Gomonde, on quitting, for the Continent, a field of archaeological research in which he has laboured for some time with success, contains descriptive Notices of Ancient Remains in the neighbourhood of Cheltenham, with representations of various objects discovered by the author. A plan is given of a Roman villa, at Dry Hill, adjacent to a Roman camp and to British tumuli, of which one was opened by Mr. Gomonde. He relates in detail the results of his exca- vations, made in concert with Capt. Henry Bell, by which a bath lined with stucco, a hypocaust, and several chambers, were brought to light. In most of the rooms were found remains of mural painting. The villa had evidently been burnt down, and the work of destruction was complete, not an object, one vase excepted, being found in a perfect state. A few coins were discovered, with fragments of pottery, objects of bronze, iron, and bone. The plan presents to view a long range of chambers, terminating at one end with the bath, the aspect being nearly south, on which side is a crypto-porticus. The building had been roofed with lozenge-shaped stone tiles, arranged like scales — the opus pavoninum. Mr. Gomonde has added an useful outline of the architectural peculiarities of churches in the neighbourhood of Cheltenham, also of monuments, and sepulchral brasses, with a list of coins, Roman and British, found in tho district ; and representations of various ancient relics discovered in Gloucestershire.