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 1809.] Prospectus of London Architect, 505 lighted to make your own Journal known in England, and in the English colonies and dependencies. I shall be glad to quote from your pages ; and to reproduce, as specimens, some of your illustrations ; and I shall have a real pleasure in offering to you a reciproca- tion of the same friendly offices. I think a happy cordiality, between your great country and my own, may be in- finitely strengthened by a vast increase of that interchange of thought and sen- timent, which arises from the most en- larged use of the same literary and ar- tistic publications, in both countries ; and certain ky, Art, in every form and expression, while equally dear to us both, cannot fail to exercise, over us both, a beneficent influence. I particu- larly desire to make your great works known and valued here ; and also to secure for our own an increased fa- miliarity amongst your countrymen. My first number, to be published on January 1, 1869, shall be sent to you ; and its successors shall follow. I am, my dear sir, faithfully yours, Charles Boutell, (M. A., of Oxford,) Editor of •' The Architect." The Architect, a Journal of Art, Civil Engineering, and Building. Published every Friday, at the (Tem- porary) Offices, 4, Monument Yard, London, E. C. Price 4d. ; or, post free, 5d. The Motive, Aim, and Range of this Journal, which are clearly indicated by its Title, may be more fully set forth as follows : "The Architect," is a Journal of Art — preeminently, and in a special sense and degree, it is a Journal devoted to the great art of Architecture. "The Architect," however, is not an Archaeo- logical Journal ; consequently, whether treating of Architecture historically or critically, and as well when dealing with Architecture in its noblest and most dignified aspirations, as when consider- ing the simplest details of its practical application, "The Architect" more or less directly refers to the sentiments, circumstances, usages, and requirements of the times now present. To the other Arts, each one insepara- bly bound to every other, and all of them in close alliance with Architecture, " The Architect" assigns a becoming measure of its observant and thoughtful regard. " The Architect" is a Journal of Civil Engineering. Placing the Civil Engi- neering of the present day, in all its varied forms of expression, side by side with Architecture, " The Architect" ad- vocates and insists upon that cordial union between the highest Constructive Art and the highest Constructive Science, from which mutual advantages of the greatest and gravest importance must necessarily be derived. " The Architect," again, is a Journal of Building. It accompanies the pro- fessional Architect from the commence- ment to the completion of his creations; it enters into all his plans and projects, and works with him in their practical realization. It concerns itself with every person, who may take any part in the erection of buildings of every class and order, in their decoration also, in their furniture, and in providing them with every appliance and accessory. With Architecture and the allied Arts, with Civil Engineering and Build- ing, " The Architect" associates the Members of the Architectural Profes- sion and all other Artists, all Civil En- gineers and Builders ; so that, while seeking from them, one and all, coopera- tion and support, " The Architect," at the same time, assures them that in its pages they will ever find faithful and firm friendship, a jealous vindication of their honor, and a vigilant guardianship of their best interests. Nor is " The Architect" unmindful of what is due to the public — what the public by right may expect from it. Well aware that the true interests both of the public at