Brooklyn.

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Following out the general plan adopted in the first two issues, which,
contrary to the expectation of the publishers, has proved even so soon
an important feature of the magazine, the illustrations in the next two
numbers will be made up of related subjects. The March number will have
a collection of capitals (Byzantine and Romanesque) from Ravenna and
Palermo, and the April number eight windows from Apulia, of the same
general character as the doorways in the present number.




#Hints to Draughtsmen.#


Architectural students and draughtsmen will find the series of papers
begun in the Feb. 16 number of the _American Architect_, entitled "Hints
to Art Students on Travelling Abroad," filled with valuable suggestions.
The writer of these papers is Mr. J.W. Case, the latest of the Rotch
scholars returned. In the first paper Mr. Case points out the
desirability of preparatory training in academic design, drawing,
modelling, etc., and a knowledge of architectural history and of the
French language in order that the student may make the best use of the
opportunities open to him. He continues with a number of useful hints
upon the best methods to pursue in gaining this preparatory training.

[Illustration: XIII. The Principal Doorway to the Basilica at Altamura,