OF THE THREE CATHEDRALS DEDICATED TO ST. PAUL IN LONDON WITH REFERENCE CHIEFLY ΤΟ THEIR STRUCTURE AND ARCHITECTURE, AND THE SOURCES WHENCE THE NECESSARY FUNDS WERE DERIVED. BY WILLIAM LONGMAN, F.S.A. AUTHOR OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EDWARD THE THIRD': CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE COMPLETION OF ST. PAUL'S. WITH 6 ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL and NEARLY 50 WOODCUT ILLUSTRATIONS. LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1873. All rights reserved. Thorp 10-13-49 68160 PREFACE. 5470 35 THE present HISTORY of ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL had its origin 6 in the increased interest which I took in that building, in whose immediate neighbourhood I had spent a considerable portion of my life, when I became a member of the Committee for its Completion.' That interest was enhanced by the selection of St. Paul's, according to ancient custom, as the fit and proper place for a National Thanksgiving in the early spring of last year. When I began my labours, however, I had little intention of entering so deeply into architectural details, but the subject expanded as I went on with my work. I could not have accomplished my task without the help of friends, and to Dean Milman's valuable Annals of St. Paul's' I am greatly indebted. It was that work which, in addition to its own rich store of knowledge, furnished the key to other sources of information. It is hardly necessary to say that I have no idea of attempting any rivalry with that important volume. My aim is different. It has been my wish to furnish a more particular account of the cost and of the building of Old and New St. Paul's than fell in with the scope of Dean Milman's work, and more minute details as to their architecture grew naturally out of the object I had thus set before me. |