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Scamozzi, Serlio, etc., to doe it for you and give you a design 

 on paper." This will be far better than trusting to a home- 

 bred architect, who would be inexperienced in such matters, as. 

 is daily seen. The paper design having been agreed upon, a 

 model of wood should be made, and as a final precaution, 

 other houses of a suitable kind should be visited and studied. 



The third point of interest lies in his references to Inigo 

 Jones's work. In dealing with fine examples of architecture he 

 says that with us in England there is nothing remarkable but 

 the Banqueting House at Whitehall and the Portico at Paul's. 

 Elsewhere he cites the Queen's House at Greenwich. As far as 

 it goes, his testimony appears to confirm the view taken in the 

 text as to Jones's work. 



In addition to these notes on houses, there are others relating 

 to St Paul's, and to the steps taken for the rebuilding of London 

 after the fire. In relation to the latter, he was asked by the 

 other commissioners to undertake duties which would now 

 devolve upon the Secretary. In regard to St Paul's, he has a 

 page or two of criticism on the model designed by " Dr Renne," 

 1 2th July 1673, as it offered itself upon a short and confused 

 view of a quarter of an hour only. In 1673 Wren's favourite 

 design was approved by the king, who issued a warrant for 

 building in accordance with it on I2th November, and caused 

 a model to be made (illustrated on p. 146). The details of 

 Pratt's criticism do not apply very aptly to this model, and we 

 seem to be faced with two alternatives : either that his criticisms, 

 written from memory after a hasty examination, were rather 

 wide of the mark ; or that they refer to a design different from 

 those which have so far come into prominence from among 

 the numerous drawings prepared by Wren in connection with 

 St Paul's. 



The later note-books are chiefly concerned with estate 

 management, and we gather that after the building of the house 

 at Ryston, Sir Roger Pratt settled down in the country. He 

 died on the 2Oth February 1684-5, an< 3 was buried at Ryston, 

 leaving a widow and three sons. His widow subsequently 

 married again, and survived until 1706. 



The note-books, of which there are eight, are mostly bound 

 in parchment, and by way of fastening, are tied with two sets 

 of parchment strips. They bear a strong family resemblance to 

 the sketch-book of Inigo Jones, preserved at Chatsworth. 



