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January 1893 (WHOLE No. 7.) Vol. II. PUBLISHED QUARTERLY. No. 3. Ube To build "a of better WORDSWORTH. " up pile thoughts.'' And the worst is that all the in the world doesn't us to we must be thinking bring Thought" ; right by nature, so that good thoughts may come before us like free children of God, and cry Here we are." GOETHE. JANUARY-MARCH, 1893. CONTENTS. PAGE MOSAICS IN ST. AGNES' CHAPEL, . ... Four-page Frontispiece. A SEA OF GLASS. 265 CARYL COLEMAN. A HINT FOR PREPARING A COUNTRY HOME, 286 WM. J. FRYER, JR. MOSAIC AS AN INDEPENDENT ART, .... 291 ISABELLA BEBARBIERI. FRENCH CATHEDRALS No. II., 303 BARR FERREE. THE MODERN HOUSE IN PARIS, 324 . PAUL FRANTZ MARCOU. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S HOUSE, PARIS. Illustration 332 ARCHITECTURAL ABERRATIONS. No. VI. (The Government Build- ing at the World's Fair,) 333 BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE, 337 PROF. AITCHISON. THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF ARCHITECTURE. CROSS-CURRENTS, 351 THE DAILY RECORD BUILDING OF BALTIMORE. Correspondence, 360 RAYMOND LEE. Part VII., . ... ... .363 BOOK REVIEWS, . ,. ..... 390 ILLUSTRATIONS. Mosaics in St. Chapel, frontispiece; Window in Cathedral, illustra- " Agnes'" Troja, Italy; tions to Sea of Glass (Marriage in Cana of Galilee, 268; Window in Chartres Cathedral, 269, 271, 272, 273, 276, 277, 278, 279; Example of Flesh Painting, 270, 274; Example of Washed Shading, 274); Suggestion for Plan of Grounds, 289; Mosaics, 292; Mosaics in Church of Sta. Prudentia, 293; in Monument of Pius IX., in Church of S. Apollinare Nuovo, 295; the Baptism of St. John, Ravenna, 296; in Church of S. Vitale, 297; in Baptistery, Florence, 298; the Coronation of the Virgin, Cathedral Florence, 300; 'in St. John Lateran, Rome, 301; the Cathedral Frejus, 305; Cathedral, Perigueux, 307; Cathedral, Aries, 308; Doorway of, 309; Notre Dame des Doms, Avignon, 312; Interior of, 313; Cathedral of Beziers, 315; Cathedral of Agde, 316; Plans of a Paris Apartment House, 326; Exterior of a Paris Apartment House, 329; Benjamin Franklin's House, Paris, 332; the Government Building, World's Fair, Chicago, 334; Interior of Sta. Sophia, Constantinople, 337; Byzantine Capital, S. Vitale, 338, 339; Byzantine Carving in S. Apollinare Nuovo, 340. COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY CLINTON W. SWEET. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Entered at New York Post Office as second class matter. PRICE, 28 CENTS A NUMBER; Sl.OO A YEAR. THE ARCHITECTURAL RECORD PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT, 14-16 Vesey Street, New York. ARCHITECTURAL RECORD takes pleasure in announc- ing that it has obtained the Sole Agency in the United States FOR THE SUPERB (SOLLEGCTION OP ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE. Photographs (each 10x14 inches, unmounted) belonging to this collection will henceforth be for sale in the Art Department of this Magazine, at Nos. 14 and 16 Vesey Street, New York City. The price for each copy has been fixed at the lowest figure possible, viz. : sixty cents, or by the dozen, fifty cents each. To this sum must be added the cost of postage. Orders will be securely packed and forwarded, always by the cheapest route, at the risk of the purchaser. ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHS. This collection, which undoubtedly is THE FINEST IJT THE WORLD, contains general views, views of parts, and details of all the great Cathedrals, ChuVches, Residences, & Public Buildings of France. The following periods are represented : PRE-HISTORIC AND GALLO-ROMAN. THE ROMANESQUE PERIOD. THE GOTHIC PERIOD. 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