Notes and Queries, Vol. 5

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Excerpt from Notes and Queries, Vol. 5: Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc, , January June, 1906The Gothic art has not been employed on churches alone, it has been frequently applied to secular buildings, and if its success be questionable, the doubt seems to afiect only the interior adaptability to modern use. We are now mainly concerned with the external beaut imparted to London. And find great sat' action in these Gothic acqui sitions. The Houses of Parliament were building in the forties and some years later, they are certainly beautiful. Fault-finding is always easy. Esmcially when architecture is concerned' here the main body of the building has been thought deficient in pm portion, and overwrou ht with repeated ornament. But if this the fault. It is redeemed by the noble towers, especially the Victoria Tower. The stately magnitude and grace of which render It unrivalled throughout the world.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.