The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18

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the hfteenth century ana part ana parcel
o' the construction OF the apse. Mr..
Adams here, AZ elsewhere, manifests
preference for the unadorned severity
OF the older work which he explains by
intimating that II Is matter of ones
own age ana that lie likes the early
because he himself IL late He seems.
for instance. to prefer the old tower ut
charities to the new. lie draws distinc-
tions between Norman" and French"
in some cases broader than the facts
seem to warrant. though he is by no
means given to accept "ethnic" ex-
plantations. In fact he points out that
every person now living had some two
hundred and fifty millions Of "arthmeti-
cal ancestors" living mt the time of the
Norman conquest. So that If every an
ccstor were II separate individual they
would have numbered more than the
probable population Of Europe at that
period and everybody now would he
descended from everybody then. Tho
escape from this impossibility is. of
course. the frequent multiplications of
lines of descent from the same anccs-
tor to the same descendant, as 50 COM
monty. 50 almost invariably happens
even In pedigrees If half n dozen Gener-
ations. Nevertheless he is warranted
in saying that II we" meaning we the
New Englanders. could relive in all our
ancestors of the eleventh century We
should pretty certainly be ploughing
most Of the fields of the Cotentin and
Calyados: going to mass In every parish
church in Normandy: rendering mill
tary service to every lord, spiritual or
temporal. in all this region. and helping
to build the abbey church at Mont Saint
Michel
There is most interesting cpisodicai
talk about the churches ON the route
from the Mount to Chartres mostly un-
Norman" even after the
pointed arch had superseded the round
arch. which in England until quite re-
Gently was the distinctive badge OF
Norman" Some readers will expert
ence little difficulty in the use OF
"feche" in the French sens. to indi-
cate a spire. whereas the term Is by
well established English usage limited
to the arrow" which instead of stand
ing on tower. simply best rides the
ridge of the roof, in the manner Of
which the "feche" at the crossing of
Notre Dame in Paris is perhaps the
most famous and familiar example His
distinction between the architecture Of
Normandy and of the lie de France as
he crosses the border between them Is
suggestive and striking. whether or not
1t will bear close analysis. The Norman
will he the practical scheme which
states The facts and stops. while the
French will be the graceful one which
states tho beauties and more or less fits
the facts to suit them. Both styles are
great; both can sometimes be tiresome."
Perhaps the examination of Charities
Is the most interesting part of the book
Why Chartres" IL "a question more cas-
lily asked than answered. Mr.. Adams
quotes the saying that the spires Of
Charities, the choir of Bcauvais. the
nave of Amiens and tho front of
Reims" would make perfect cathe-
dral. which seems to he an indignity
upon Notre Dame at Paris. But II Is
worth relating that Richardson was of