iv Preface. 



state, will prove to be a combination suffi- 

 ciently interesting to induce my readers to 

 visit the above-named building (when it 

 shall be ready for public inspection), not 

 only from the desire of beholding its 

 manifold architectural perfections and at- 

 tractions, but also from the wish to become 

 better acquainted with that portion of 

 creation which constitutes 



" LIFE BENEATH THE WAVES." 

 BRIGHTON, July, 1871. 



