. The Archaeological journal. itten in a Very JUS! and -mi ml pint, ami which will lie lead w it li pleasure a ml i lit I re-1 even by the layman, with profil even bj the professed antiquary. Hein it upon .Mine account of the forms and modes of mortuary depositamong the Anglo-Saxons, noticing the coincidences and distinctionsred iii graves in different part of England. Thus be is led to Bpealtof inhumation and cremation ; of the depo it of arms and ornaments withthe dead ; of the use of coffins, or of funeral urns. And, bearing in yiewthe universal connection between funeral ceremonies and rel
. The Archaeological journal. itten in a Very JUS! and -mi ml pint, ami which will lie lead w it li pleasure a ml i lit I re-1 even by the layman, with profil even bj the professed antiquary. Hein it upon .Mine account of the forms and modes of mortuary depositamong the Anglo-Saxons, noticing the coincidences and distinctionsred iii graves in different part of England. Thus be is led to Bpealtof inhumation and cremation ; of the depo it of arms and ornaments withthe dead ; of the use of coffins, or of funeral urns. And, bearing in yiewthe universal connection between funeral ceremonies and religion, he addsa few judiciou page on the Saxon mythology. We fear that there is not a large public demand for works of this nature, and in too many oases the pleasure of the labour mu I be its own reward. We cannot, however, conclude without expre ing a hope that ;i worl bo admirably executed a this may find a wider class of readers, and that its it even to those for whom its scientific character .1. \l. K I i ill l;i M 0 KOHi i ( i NOTICES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS. 301 BRICK AND MARBLE IN THE MIDDLE AGES; Notes of a Tour in the Northof Italy. By George Edmund Street, Architect, , Copiously : John Murray. 8vo. We feel sure that those of our readers who may not as yet have metwith this elegant anil agreeable volume, will feel that a service has beendone to them hy its having been brought under their notice, for althoughMr. Streets examination of the architecture of Lombardy and the VenetianStates, was undertaken with artistic and practical views, and not in orderto carry out antiquarian or historical investigations, much informationhighly interesting to all architectural antiquaries will be found in it. We have the high authority of Professor Willis for the assertion that, theneglect of Italian Gothic architecture is an undeserved neglect, and itwill, we think, be readily seen, that in addition to the fact that the studyo
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