. Vanishing England . memory of Wyatt and hisimitators is not revered when we see the results of theirwork on our ecclesiastical fabrics, and we need not wonderthat so much of English art has vanished. The cathedral of Bristol suffered from other darkest spot in the history of the city is the story ofthe Reform riots of 1831, sometimes called the BristolRevolution, when the dregs of the population pillagedand plundered, burnt the bishops palace, and were guiltyof the most atrocious vandalism. The city of Bath, once the rival of Wells—the contentionbetween the monks of St. Peter and
. Vanishing England . memory of Wyatt and hisimitators is not revered when we see the results of theirwork on our ecclesiastical fabrics, and we need not wonderthat so much of English art has vanished. The cathedral of Bristol suffered from other darkest spot in the history of the city is the story ofthe Reform riots of 1831, sometimes called the BristolRevolution, when the dregs of the population pillagedand plundered, burnt the bishops palace, and were guiltyof the most atrocious vandalism. The city of Bath, once the rival of Wells—the contentionbetween the monks of St. Peter and the canons of at Wells being hot and fierce —has many attrac-tions. Its minster, rebuilt by Bishop Oliver King ofWells (1495-1503), and restored in the seventeenth century,and also in modern times, is not a very interesting building,though it lacks not some striking features, and certainlycontains some fine tombs and monuments of the fashionablefolk who flocked to Bath in the days of its splendour. The. ? . ..SferJJ! i, V \ ^ ,: \ c«- Tlu- Stone lliiusc, K\r, Sussex 222 VANISHING ENGLAND city itself abounds in interest. It is a gem of Georgianart, with a complete homogeneous architectural characterof its own which makes it singular and unique. It is fullof memories of the great folks who thronged its streets,attended the Bath and Pump Room, and listened tosermons in the Octagon. It tells of the autocracy of BeauNash, of Goldsmith, Sheridan, David Garrick, of the First Gentleman of Europe, and many others who madeBath famous. And now it is likely that this unique littlecity with its memories and its charming architecturalfeatures is to be mutilated for purely commercial one knows Bath Street with its colonnaded loggiason each side terminated with a crescent at each end, andleading to the Cross Bath in the centre of the easterncrescent. That the original founders of Bath Street re-garded it as an important architectural feature of the cityis evid
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