. The Architectural magazine. 206 g,,^ »^w.«.ivo, I have endeavoured W^^ In the foregoing remarksto give a classification of the architecture of themiddle ages, very imperfectly, I am aware; but ifthese observations should induce some one to in-stitute a fuller enquiry into the architecture ofthis country, and if my remarks should be ofthe least service to the general reader, in assist-ing him to find the cause which produced thegreat effects in the edifices of our forefathers, itwill be a gratification to think that I have notstudied in Street^ Bj-unswick Sqiiate, August^ 1
. The Architectural magazine. 206 g,,^ »^w.«.ivo, I have endeavoured W^^ In the foregoing remarksto give a classification of the architecture of themiddle ages, very imperfectly, I am aware; but ifthese observations should induce some one to in-stitute a fuller enquiry into the architecture ofthis country, and if my remarks should be ofthe least service to the general reader, in assist-ing him to find the cause which produced thegreat effects in the edifices of our forefathers, itwill be a gratification to think that I have notstudied in Street^ Bj-unswick Sqiiate, August^ Art. II. Thoughts on the Origin, Excelle7icies, and Defects of theGrecian and Gothic Styles of Architecture. By the late Anderson. (^Continued from p. 389.) Much has been written about originality and imitation in architecture; andmany attempts have been made to show that the architecture which has beenVol. II. — No. 20. r. o 446 On Grecian o?id Gothic Architecture. called Gothic is not an original invention, but merely an imitation of theGi-ecian. For my own part, 1 consider it as a matter of very little conse-quence, whether it be an original invention or not: all that I conceive to beworthy of investigation is, whether it be really useful, and well suited to thepurposes for which it was intended. But, with a ew to set aside suchtrifling discussions in future, I shall in a few lines endeavour to give some sortof definite meaning to those two terms (indefinite as thus used) ongi/jaZ/Tyand imitation. A gentleman, to whose opinion I pay much deference, thinks that the cha-
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