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 Bk. II. ch. yi. fraxkish province. 511 most beautiful creations of the class which ever emanated from the activity of the human brain. It is also interesting as being one of the few where every step in the j:)rogress can be traced and every result understood. What we have now to attempt, is to point out — as clearly as our limits will admit of — the steps by which the rude architecture of the western half of the chuich of Mortier en Der was converted into the perfected style of the eboir as shown in the woodcut on the pre- vious page.