The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-13 00:00:00

Lately published, in two handsome volumes octavo, in cloth
price 325. small paper; or £2 Bs. royal, with proof im-
pressions,

Dedicated, by permission, to the Lord Bishop of London,
THE CHURCHES OF LONDON,- a History and
Description of the ECCLESIASTICAL EDIFICES OF THE
METROPOLIS.

By GEORGE GODWIN, Jun., Architect, F.R.S. &F.S.A.,

JOHN BRIT'FOR, Esq., F.S.A.
WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS.
Printed for the Proprietor, and Sold by L. and G. SEELEY,

Fleet-street, London.
*** Of the 75 Churches described and illustrated in this
work, 42 were erected by Sir Christopher Wren shortly after
the great fire : a connected series of views of these buildings,
such as is here foe the first time published, cannot fail to be
interesting both to the admirers of that great architect, anif
to the promoters of Church Building in the present day. 0
the more important, views both of the exterior and interior
have been given ; drawn and engraved by the well-known
artists and en ravers, McKenzie and Billings, Le Keux and
Challis. The steel engavings amount in number to fifty-
nine, and those on wood, by S. Williams, to fifty-seven ; so
that the work is decidedly cheaper than of those usually de-
signated " Annuals." Of the descriptive part it may be
sufficient to say, that it has been pronounced creditable to
the Author, by all the most respectable periodicals. The
following highly favourable notices appeared at various times
during the publication of the work in numbers, and the names
of the periodicals attached to the extracts will be a sufficient
warrant for their impartiality ; but if it could possibly
strengthen this assurance, the proprietor pledges his word
that no one of them has been solicited, and they may there-
fore be fairly considered as the perfectly unbiassed opinions
of the various editors.

CIVIL. ENGINEERS' AND ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL.—No.
3.—" This very useful and popular work has arrived at its
eleventh number.... The author is entitled to the warmest
encomiums of the profession, for his efforts in the endeavour
to inculcate into the minds of the public a taste for this im-
portant branch of, architecture."

THE ASIATIC .JOURNAL.—" Three parts of this elegant,
acceptable, and very cheap work, have appeared, and they
do infinite credit to the artists and the authors. Each num-
ber contains two views of a Church, with historical and an-
tiquarian matter.
LOUDON'S ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE.—" The two
numbers before us contain four exquisitely-engraved plates of
St. Paul's Cathedral,L—a beautiful wood Engraving of the
Cathedral as it appeared before the fire in 1666, and others
of the monuments to Lord Nelson, the Marquis Cornwallis,
and Bishop Heber. The letter-press appears to be compiled
with taste and judgment, combining historical relation with
critical and professional remarks : and on the wrapper of
each number is given a glossary of technical expressions, fur
the use of non-professional readers. The extreme cheapness
of the work, and the superior manner in which it is got up,
cannot fail to ensure it a very extensive sale."
THE LITERARY GAZETTE.—" This undertaking is worthy
of the rising talent of Mr. Godwin, arid promises to be a
very complete and interesting production. The number be-
fore us is altogether a favourable specimen."
THE SAME. Nov. 10.—" This pretty little publication
proceeds with undiminished neatness and accuracy in its
graphic, and with increasing interest in its typographic de-
partment."

Notices of the concluding number.
" The publishers of this interesting and elegant series have
brought their work to a close. It is appropriately dedicated
to the Bishop of London, who has done so much in preserv-
ing some of the City's most ancient ecclesiastical structures
from destruction, in the various improvements that have
been made in the different streets, as well as for his Lord-
ship's exertions to increase the number of the places of wor-
ship. As an instance of the care with which this publication
has been conducted, it ought to be mentioned that in the
concluding number the proprietor has presented other im-
pressions where the former plates had been accidentally
issued in a style inferior to the best of the series. The pub-
lishers promise a continuation of the series, to consist of the
churches of Westminster, Southwark, and the Suburbs,
should the work now concluded meet with the favour which
it Ally merits."—Record, August sth, 1839.
" This work is now complete, and comprehends a valuable
collection of engravings, on steel and wood, of the Metro-
politan Churches, illustrated with descriptions at once popu-
lar and erudite. It makes a very handsome book, at a rea-
sonable price, and we trust that the patronage of the public
(which it well deserves) will excite Mr. Godwin to extend
his plan."—Asiatic, Sept. 1.
" The 30th number of this publication has made its appear-
ance, and contains sketches of nine of the metropolitan
churches from St. Alphage's London-wall down , to St. Bo-
tolph's Aldgate. Many interesting historical facts arc brought
into notice in this series of brief, but careful notices, and the
vignette woodcuts, with which it is so freely illustrated, are
of a very neat kind. In
this number there is, moreover, a
view of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, and another of St.
Stephen's, Walbrook, from the pencil of Mackenzie, which
are of more than ordinary interest. The latter especially'
does touch credit to one of the best architectural draftsmen
to whom the school of England has ever given birth.-21/orn-
ing Herald, August 16. E