CONTENTS

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PREFACE[ v]
AUTHORITIES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS[ vii]
I. PARENTAGE AND CHILDHOOD[ 1]
II. OXFORD CAREER AND EARLY INVENTIONS[ 9]
III. FAMILY LIFE[ 18]
IV. ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN, AND NATURALSCIENTIST[ 28]
V. BEGINNINGS OF ARCHITECTURE AND VISIT TOPARIS[ 43]
VI. TOWN-PLANNING[ 53]
VII. ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL[ 59]
VIII. THE CITY CHURCHES[ 78]
IX. CHELSEA, HAMPTON COURT, AND GREENWICH[ 97]
X. OTHER BUILDINGS: PUBLIC AND DOMESTIC[ 104]
XI. WREN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES: LAST YEARS[ 112]
XII. THE PROFESSIONAL MAN[ 123]
XIII. STUDENT AND SCHOLAR[ 132]
XIV. “THE ARCHITECT OF ADVENTURE”[ 144]
APPENDIX I.: A NOTE IN AMPLIFICATION OF THE REFERENCE
IN CHAPTER IV. TO PASCAL’S PROBLEM		[ 158]
APPENDIX II.: AN ATTEMPT AT A WREN CHRONOLOGY[ 160]
APPENDIX III.: A NOTE ON SOME PORTRAITS OF WREN[ 164]
INDEX [ 167]