OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE EAST. After W. Hollar. OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE WEST. After W. Hollar. THE CHAPTER HOUSE AND CLOISTER. After W. Hollar. THE NAVE, OR PAUL'S WALK. After W. Hollar. THE CHOIR. After W. Hollar. THE LADY CHAPEL. After W. Hollar. THE ROSE WINDOW. From a Drawing by E.B. Ferrey. GROUND PLAN OF OLD ST. PAUL'S. After W. Hollar. THE SHRINE OF ST. ERKENWALD. After W. Hollar. THE TOMBS OF SEBBA AND ETHELRED. After W. Hollar. THE MONUMENT OF JOHN OF GAUNT AND BLANCHE OF LANCASTER. After W. Hollar. THE MONUMENT OF BISHOP ROGER NIGER. After W. Hollar. THE MONUMENT OF SIR JOHN BEAUCHAMP, POPULARLY KNOWN AS DUKE HUMPHREY'S. After W. Hollar. BRASSES OF BISHOP BRAYBROOKE, JOHN MOLINS, AND RALPH DE HENGHAM. After W. Hollar. ST. FAITH'S CHURCH IN THE CRYPT OF ST. PAUL'S. After W. Hollar. PORTRAIT OF BISHOP FISHER. From the Drawing by Holbein. British Museum. ST. MATTHEW: VIEW OF A MEDIAEVAL SCRIPTORIUM. From a MS. of a Book of Prayers. British Museum, Slo. 2468. A REQUIEM MASS. From a MS. of a Book of Prayers. British Museum, Slo. 2468. SINGING THE PLACEBO. From a MS. of the Hours of the Virgin. British Museum, Harl. 2971 SEALS OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER. From Casts in the Library of St. Paul's Cathedral. ORGAN AND TRUMPETS. From a Collection of Miniatures from Choral Service Books. Fourteenth Century. British Museum, 29902. MONUMENT OF DR. DONNE. After W. Hollar. PREACHING AT PAUL'S CROSS BEFORE JAMES I. From a Picture by H. Farley in the Collection of the Society of Antiquaries. OLD ST. PAUL'S FROM THE THAMES. From Hollar's _Long View of London._ WEST FRONT AFTER THE FIRE. From a Drawing in the Library of St. Paul's Cathedral. OLD ST. PAUL'S IN FLAMES. After W. Hollar. OLD ST. PAUL'S CHAPTER I. THE BUILDING. _Roman London_--_The Beginning of Christian London_--_The English Conquest and London once more Heathen_--_The Conversion_--_Bishop Mellitus_--_King Sebert_--_The First Cathedral_--_Its Destruction_--_Foundation of the Second Cathedral by Bishop Maurice_--_Another Destructive Fire_--_Restoration and Architectural Changes_--_Bishop Fulk Basset's Restoration_--_The Addition Eastward_--_St. Gregory's Church on the S.W. side_--"_The New Work_" _and a New Spire: dedicated by Bishop Segrave_--_How the Money was raised_--_Dimensions of the Old Church_--_The Tower and Spire_--_The Rose Window at the East End_--_Beginning of Desecration._