. The earth and its inhabitants ... rior of the building hardly corre-sponds with the magnificence of its external features. The bare walls are of repellent * Demogeot et IMontucci, De rEnseigncmcnt secondaire en Angleterre et en 1H(\ THE BRITISH ISLIOS. coldness, while many of tlio niomunents placed in the nave and the aisles arc had intaste, and altogether out of kecpinj^ with the character of the building. Plans fordecorating the interior, said to be in accordance with the original conceptions of thearchitect, are, however, being carried out. Military and naval heroes are mostpro
. The earth and its inhabitants ... rior of the building hardly corre-sponds with the magnificence of its external features. The bare walls are of repellent * Demogeot et IMontucci, De rEnseigncmcnt secondaire en Angleterre et en 1H(\ THE BRITISH ISLIOS. coldness, while many of tlio niomunents placed in the nave and the aisles arc had intaste, and altogether out of kecpinj^ with the character of the building. Plans fordecorating the interior, said to be in accordance with the original conceptions of thearchitect, are, however, being carried out. Military and naval heroes are mostprominent amongst those to whom the honour of interment in St. Pauls has beenaccorded, the foremost places being occupied by Nelson and Wellington. By theirside, room has been found for a large band of scholars and artists, includingWilliam 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. Pauls many of these buildings are remarkable for their purity of style, which themodern English architect knows how to imitate with great aptitude, or forthe wealth of their internal decoration. Amongst the multitude of its otherbuildings, including palaces. Government ofiBces, theatres, clubs, hospitals, andschools, London may boast of several distinguished for the beauty of their archi-tecture. Prominent amongst these are the new Courts of Justice, close tothe site of old Temple Bar ; St. Thomass Hospital, opposite the Houses ofParliament ; Albert Hall, a building of magnificent proportions, facing the giltstatue of the Prince Consort on the southern side of Kensington Gardens ;and Somerset House, between the Strand and the Yictoria Embankment. But LONDON. 187 of all tlie many buildings of London there are none capable of conveyinga higber notion of its might than the seventeen bridges which span the Thamesbetween Hammersmith and the Tower. Some of thes
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