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 402 Sloan's Architectural Bevieic and Builders' Journal [Dec, are, at the same time, raising memorials of love and respect for the dear ones whose loss they deplore. It may be thought, perhaps, b} T some who have an eye to the practical as well as to the beautiful, that glass is but a frail and perishable material, whereof to erect monuments, or memorials, com- pared to marble or granite. To such we can only reply, by referring them to the truly beautiful and wonderfully per- fect specimens of this art of Glass Faint- ing, which are to be found not only in England, but especially on the European Continent, four and five centuries old, still retaining all the gorgeous, and, at the same moment, sublime and artistic coloring, and richness of effect, for which, men like Albert Durer, were so de- servedly famous. These glorious pro- ductions of the art are still regarded as master-pieces, not only in the " costly " crystal and gorgeous oxides of the "glass painter," but as evincing a time, a care, and a laborious skill, worthy at once of the noble material and the lofty and beautiful subjects delineated thereon. Mic Stained Glass. St. Michael's, Worcester. The chancel window of St. Michael's Church, Wor- cester, has been filled with stained glass by Messrs. Done & Davies, of Shrews- bury. The subject, which occupies the three openings of the window, is the Crucifixion. In the upper part of the centre opening, is our Saviour on the Cross, looking towards the penitent thief, who is in the side opening on His right hand ; the impenitent thief being in the side opening on His left. At the foot of the Cross are Mary Magdalene and His mother. The design was chosen and executed under the direction of Mr. H. Bennett, who presented the window to the church. St. John's, Cowley. A stained-glass memorial window, of three lights, has just been placed in this church. The subjects are the Marriage at Cana, the Man at the Pool of Bethesda, Raising the Widow's Son, Christ Blessing Little Children, and, in the centre, our Lord Raising Lazarus. The detail of the window is grisaille, the subject in the centre being surmounted b}' a canopj r. It was designed and executed by Mr. Baguety, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. The east window of the same church is in hand, by the same artist, for the Rev. R. W. Benson, of Cowley; and will shortly be erected. Abbey Church, Cambridge. One of the windows of this church has been filled with stained glass, in memory of the late Mrs. Preston, wife of Mr. T. Preston, of the Abbey. The centre opening is filled with the Crucifixion ; and our Saviour is surrounded with an aureole and glory, on a blue and ruby ground work, the latter representing heaven, and the former, earth. In the trefoil, above, is an angel holding the emblem of the Trinity ; at the base is a lamb, an emblem of our Saviour, with ornamental work. The left hand open- ing contains the Nativity, the right, the Baptism. The whole are under Early canopies. At the base of the outer subjects is the Alpha and the Omega, sur- rounded with ornamental groundwork. In the trefoil, above, there are angels holding scrolls. The artist engaged was Mr. Constable, of Warwick. Kimbolton Church. A stained-glass window, from Messrs. Avery & Sons, London, representing the Resurrection of our Lord, and the Appearance of the Angel to the Marys at the Tomb, has been placed in one of the windows on the south side of the church. This window is erected to the meinoiy of the Rev. T. Ainsworth, the late vicar. St. James, Carlisle. The decoration of the chancel of this church has now been completed, the small windows, on each side of the apse, having been filled with stained glass, corresponding in form and coloring with the window at the east end, which was put ' in pre- vious to the opening of the church.