Sir Christopher Wren: His Family and His Times With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723.

PRIVATE HOUSES BUILT--QUEEN ANNE'S GIFTS--LAST STONE OF S. PAUL'S--WREN DEPRIVED OF HIS SALARY--HIS PETITION--'FRAUDS AND ABUSES'--INTERIOR WORK OF S. PAUL'S--WREN SUPERSEDED--P...

For though outnumber'd, overthrown, And by the fate of war run down, Their duty never was defeated, Nor from their oaths and faith retreated; For loyalty is still the same, Whet...

Yet bethink thee that the spirit whence those princely bounties flowed To the ties of private feeling all its force and being owed; Severed from the bonds of kindred, taught his...

ANCESTRY OF THE WRENS--MATTHEW WREN--TRAVELS TO SPAIN WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES--INTERVIEW AT WINCHESTER HOUSE--BISHOP ANDREWES' PROPHECY--WREN MADE MASTER OF PETERHOUSE--BISHOP...

Yet, London, Empress of the Northern Clime, By an high fate thou greatly didst expire, Great as the world's, which, at the death of time, Must fall, and rise a nobler frame by fire

Methinks already from this chymic flame, I see a city of more precious mold, Rich as the town which gives the Indies name, With silver pav'd, and all divine with gold.

BIRTH OF HIS ELDEST SON--S. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK--S. BENNET FINK--PLANS FOR S. PAUL'S--THE EXCAVATIONS--SON CHRISTOPHER BORN--DEATH OF FAITH, LADY WREN--SECOND MARRIAGE--CITY CHU...

Great as was the pressure of Wren's London work, he did not confine himself to that city alone, but in 1677, we find him at Cambridge, busied with buildings there. The beautiful...

La Royauté seule, depuis vingt ans, n'avait pas été mise à l'épreuve; seule elle avait encore à faire des promesses auxquelles on n'eut pas été trompé.... On y revenait enfin, a...

DR. C. WREN--BIRTH OF HIS SON CHRISTOPHER--EAST KNOYLE--ORDER OF THE GARTER--HOW A MURDERER WAS DETECTED--CHRISTOPHER AT WESTMINSTER--A LATIN LETTER--DIOCESE OF ELY--IMPEACHMENT...

Be it enacted then By the fair laws of thy firm-pointed pen, God's services no longer shall put on A sluttishness for pure religion; No longer shall our churches' frighted stone...

Charles II.'s gift of Chelsea College to the Royal Society had proved a gift of greater magnitude than they had been able to deal with, and the building had remained unused sinc...

MEMBER FOR WEYMOUTH--RISING OF THE SAP IN TREES--PRINCE GEORGE'S STATUE--JANE WREN'S DEATH--THANKSGIVING AT S. PAUL'S--LETTER TO HIS SON--SON MARRIES MARY MUSARD--DEATH OF MR. E...

One serious trouble and hindrance in all public works was the state of the coinage. The money had been so clipped and defaced, that no coin was worth its professed value, and fo...

Private Houses built--Queen Anne's Gifts--Last Stone of S. Paul's--Wren deprived of his Salary--His Petition--'Frauds and Abuses'--Interior work of S. Paul's--Wren Superseded--P...

1585-1636. PAGE Ancestry of the Wrens--Matthew Wren--Travels to Spain with the Prince of Wales--Interview at Winchester House--Bishop Andrewes' Prophecy--Wren made Master of Pet...

Dr. C. Wren--Birth of his Son Christopher--East Knoyle--Order of the Garter--How a Murderer was Detected--Christopher at Westminster--A Latin Letter--Diocese of Ely--Impeachment...

Birth of his eldest Son--S. Stephen's, Walbrook--S. Bennet Fink--Plans for S. Paul's--The Excavations--Son Christopher born--Death of Faith, Lady Wren--Second Marriage--City Chu...

Member for Weymouth--Rising of the Sap in Trees--Prince George's Statue--Jane Wren's Death--Thanksgiving at S. Paul's--Letter to his Son--Son marries Mary Musard--Death of Mr. E...