Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 11362-h.htm or 11362-h.zip: (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/3/6/11362/11362-h/11362-h.htm) or (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/3/6/11362/11362-h.zip) THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 12, No. 322.] SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1828. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * CLARENCE TERRACE, REGENT'S PARK. [Illustration: CLARENCE TERRACE, REGENT'S PARK.] CLARENCE TERRACE, REGENT'S PARK. O mortal man, who livest here, Do not complain of this thy hard estate. _Thomson's Castle of Indolence._ The annexed continuation of our illustrated ramble in the Regent's Park is named _Clarence Terrace_, in compliment to the illustrious Lord High Admiral of England. It consists of a centre and two wings, of the Corinthian order, connected by colonnades of the Ilyssus Ionic order, and altogether presents a picturesque display of Grecian architecture. The three stories are a rusticated entrance, or basement; and a Corinthian drawing-room and chamber story; surmounted with an elegant entablature and balustrade. In the details, the spectator cannot fail to admire the boldness and richness of the columns supporting the pediment in the centre, and the classic beauty of the pilasters which decorate the wings. _Clarence Terrace_ is from the designs of Mr. Decimus Burton, to whose ingenious pencil we are indebted for some of the splendid architectural combinations in this district. The present terrace is, we believe, the smallest in the park, but yields to none in picturesque effect and harmonious design; and the variety of its composition renders it one of the most attractive illustrations of our series. It is likewise worthy of remark, that this portion of the Regent's Park, from its natural beauties, is entitled to the first-rate embellishment of art, inasmuch as the basement of Clarence Terrace commands a "living picture" of extraordinary luxuriance; and from the drawing-room windows the lake may be seen studded with little islands, and environed with lawny slopes and unusual park-like vegetation: With Nature the creating pencil vies With Nature joyous at the mimic strife. We have already indulged our fancy in anticipations of the future splendour of the Regent's Park. As yet, art triumphs, and here the lordlings of wealth may enjoy _otium cum dignitate_: but in a few years Nature may enable this domain to vie with Daphne of old, and become to London what Daphne was to Antioch, whose voluptuousness and luxury are perpetuated in history. But the beginnings of such triumphs furnish more pleasing reflections than their decline.