the greatest failures of speculative enthusiasts known, which, despite Robins and his panegyric, and despite the strenuous efforts which have been made to cultivate an unwilling populace into believing in it as a place of amusement, is now being demolished to make way for a set of dwelling-houses planned upon the site on which was reared the building described by the poetically-fancied auctioneer as, among many other things, a
CYCLOPÆAN STRUCTURE,
WHERE DESCRIPTION FAILS TO PORTRAY
WHICH, EVEN WHEN SEEN,
THE EXQUISITE PROPORTIONS OF
THE CLASSIC PORTICO,
One of the finest specimens of
THE GREEK DORIC,
TOGETHER WITH
WHICH PROUDLY
Win our admiration, while there is nothing of ancient or modern days that can compete with it either in
Classic Elegance, Grandeur of Effect, or Beauty of Proportion; And it must remain