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and Hastings have fathered so Wig;
Il with so good feeling for grandeur OF out,
line and harmonious contrast oi mass, ana
have used their Illogical details 40 lnEeniously
that their schemS scdUces the owe despite tho
protests OF conscience. One would be sorry o
ace 1t executed, yet cannot helr inncyinR how
grand an effect 1t would make IL ~ were. rs
pecially and wholly excellent is the magnih-
cent terraced approach provided before the
erty or fantasticaity shown in the trCatment
OF this feature is those other designs where It's
necessity, is recognized NJ al. As purely
imaginative essay there is nothing In the room
to be compared with this.
There are others, Eowevor, whore tho archi-
stance, at Mr. Cadys, where the dome Is covered
with network OF blank intcrsecting arcGdes
and the western spires are formed of oren, mr.
cndes OF tho same sort-nOt surerimposed as
successfully retreatng stages, but inclined to
form the conventional ,srirc outline; Look at
Mr.. w. W. Ronwick's where the single western
tower has hipped roof III 10 that Of some South
German gateway and whero two towers with
very tall spires, stand oN or the transGpts-not
the main arm Of the cross. Mossrs. Cary and
Trowbridge'ts scheme has, the air OF q great
byzantine" exhibition palace. Ono OF the sim
plest and most sensible RomancsGue designs
comes from Mr. H. Iaucford Warren oI Boston.
Romanesnue scheme, simply iroatod. and va
ries the usual adherence TO conventional plnn-
ming Ivy making the aisos OF his transepts very
spnce, broken. however, by the ranges OF col
umns., less novel and less rational feature
end-useful in days of Mariolatry. hut hardly
scheme Of Messrs; Mel len and Westiali square
Termination Ia likowiso adopted Tor the east
limb. though an apse Is more commonly shown
by others. The English influence hcre revealed
shows again in the treatment Of the crossing,
where lntprp6tluH nttpmDt
duce Alan Of Walsingham's scheme at, Ely
But tho modern designer Is much the boldor-
instead Of n wooden dome. with small upper
lantern. he shows us n very lofty stone dome
above which is tall, open story, OF conrss OF OF
Messrs. Sturgls and Cabot of Boston deserves
attention. and the very elaborate scheme OF
Mr. Gibson VIII surely secure it Here we are
tral tower OF England. md western towers as
eouspicuously developed MS in France, all
spreless pair at tho turning Of the apsc where
the early Norman builders placed them. And
1hs Sk dsm is sSGNsd a in 9S Sut a
ishly decorated church in tho world. Whether
to mass as much ornament as possible in the
given suace is the main end Of architectural
design, the observer can best decide in face OF
The effect. which Richardson's Court House
has unon tho, Pittsburgh mind is curiously
shown In the design Of Mr Eraser. The s,I psn OF
and Howe gives their cathedral too much the
look OF an enlarged parish church: but there
are many interesting parts in tho work. Tho
facade of Mr.. W. c. Hazett is one of the best
in the room but would be better still
were not tho decorated central portion
go sharply contrasted with the utter
plainness Of the bases Of the towers. The style
he employs is, q simple and satisfactory iorm
the immense central tower of Messrs Parfltt
"originality" run wild; and the Study for
the Massing of East End" by Messrs. Moncn.
Westell. and Kirby NO. 24l. is ugly as draw
ing and unsatisfactory 8s q design.
One might go on through all the eighty-two
drawings and find something to note either in
the way Of excellence or OF singularity For.
be it remarked, while general unanimity
prevails In certain broad directions. an eX-
traordinary diversity shows in matters of treat
followed with conscientiousness. and the word
may be taken in its very widest sense. But
the pcculiarties. of such works are difficult to
explain in words. and. indeed, only the pro-
fessional observer, can recognize them
clearly on the wall. To him this exhibi-
tlon will be most interesting. while uDon the
layman. we repeat, its chief effect will he
to show that 1t IL not IN easy task in these
days to gel II cathedral deserving. of the name.
So much cleverness Is nevertheless revealed
that we are almost driven to conclude that the
fault Is with the problem. II almost seems rs
though. since it is 80 difficult even to decide
best assume. the building of cathedrals were nm
anachronism. And when archit ecture sets itself
to dealing with nalpable anachronisms. what
can 1t expect to do but faithfully, copy. some
timc-honored success or fail in the effort to
produce new verSionf -H