Text: C. F. Briggs (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), April 5, 1845, vol. 1, no. 14, p. ??

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THE KNICKERBOCKER for April contains several good articles, two or three very good ones, and one very good one. We will let the readers of the magazine find them out for themselves. We do not remember that we ever looked at the editor's table without finding something to laugh at; and very rarely any thing to pish at. Mr. C. should not sneer at our “Operative,” but if be can gainsay the techni. cal objections which were pointed out against the mouldings in the interior of Trinity Church, he is heartily welcome. The height of the steeple has very little bearing on the imperfect drawings and decorations. If the strictures of our “Operative” had not been “highly tech. uical,” they would have been highly nonsensical. That the steeple is highly beautiful, no one will deny, but it may contain blemishes notwithstanding, which an unprofessional eye may not be able to distinguish.