SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN

HIS FAMILY AND HIS TIMES.

WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS AND A DISCOURSE ON ARCHITECTURE HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED.

1585–1723.

BY

LUCY PHILLIMORE,

AUTHOR OF ‘BISHOP WILBERFORCE, A SKETCH FOR CHILDREN’ ETC.

‘The modest man built the city, and the modest man’s skill was unknown.’—The Tatler, No. 52.

WITH TWO ENGRAVINGS.

LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE. 1881.

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TO CATHERINE PIGOTT, THE LAST DIRECT DESCENDANT OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN, THESE MEMOIRS OF HER ANCESTORS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED.