. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 121) THE CIVIL ENCJINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [April, maidens!âwhere then do all the cross ngly wives come from .'"âand which is not wholly inapplicable to architecture, since it is no less un- accoinitable where'all the ugly, tasteless, paltry buildings and designs we behold, come from, when we read of the host of talent there has been and continues to be in the profession;âof the taste of such a man as James Wvatt, of the classical genius of Sir , of the ima- ginat
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 121) THE CIVIL ENCJINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. [April, maidens!âwhere then do all the cross ngly wives come from .'"âand which is not wholly inapplicable to architecture, since it is no less un- accoinitable where'all the ugly, tasteless, paltry buildings and designs we behold, come from, when we read of the host of talent there has been and continues to be in the profession;âof the taste of such a man as James Wvatt, of the classical genius of Sir , of the ima- gination of John Nash ;âor of the transcendent charms of any of those orthodox styles, which in our extreme allectiou for them we not only adopt, but cenerally take care to make our own by the patriotic pro- cess of CocKnevizing them into the bargain. V. It is odd'that though there are Doctors of Music, there should be no Doctors of Architecture. Perhaps it is because architecture is supposed to be in so sound and liealthy a state as to require no doc- toring. And yet, neither Mr. Joseph "Gwilt, nor Mr. Welby Pugin seems to be of such opinion: on the contrary, both of them are for ad- miuislering to it pretty strong cathartics. Surely tliey are entitleil to tidd , (/. t'. not Anno Domini, but Architectura: Doctor) to their names. There is also a certain scapegrace Candidus, who some will say, might be similarly distingnished, yet others may think he has far Uiore of the Surgeon "than the Doctor in his com|)ositicni.âAfter all, perhaps it will be said that if Architecture has no Doctors, it has a tolerable number of Quacks. VI. Vorherr, a living tiermau architect, has a singular crotchet in regard to what he nanu^s Soniienbau, which is that all sitting and sleep- ing rooms should invariably be made to face due South, having only staircases, passages, store-rooms and such places behind them. The reasons he adduces for it are satisfactory enough, and the chief objec-
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