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THE BRITISH ISLIOS. 



coldness, while many of tlio niomunents placed in the nave and the aisles arc had in 

 taste, and altogether out of kecpinj^ with the character of the building. Plans for 

 decorating the interior, said to be in accordance with the original conceptions of the 

 architect, are, however, being carried out. Military and naval heroes are most 

 prominent amongst those to whom the honour of interment in St. Paul's has been 

 accorded, the foremost places being occupied by Nelson and Wellington. By their 

 side, room has been found for a large band of scholars and artists, including 

 William Jones, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Lawrence, Rennie, and last, not least, 

 Sir Christopher Wren, its architect. 



There arc in London about 1,200 churches, chapels, and synagogues, and 



St. Paul's Cathedual. 



many of these buildings are remarkable for their purity of style, which the 

 modern English architect knows how to imitate with great aptitude, or for 

 the wealth of their internal decoration. Amongst the multitude of its other 

 buildings, including palaces. Government ofiBces, theatres, clubs, hospitals, and 

 schools, London may boast of several distinguished for the beauty of their archi- 

 tecture. Prominent amongst these are the new Courts of Justice, close to 

 the site of old Temple Bar ; St. Thomas's Hospital, opposite the Houses of 

 Parliament ; Albert Hall, a building of magnificent proportions, facing the gilt 

 statue of the Prince Consort on the southern side of Kensington Gardens ; 

 and Somerset House, between the Strand and the Yictoria Embankment. But 



