III. FAMILY LIFE 18 IV. ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN, AND NATURAL SCIENTIST 28 V. BEGINNINGS OF ARCHITECTURE AND VISIT TO PARIS 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 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES PLATE I. THE CHIEF WORKS OF WREN _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE II. WREN AS A MAN OF FORTY 50 III. WREN’S PLAN OF LONDON 54 IV. THE WELBECK PORTRAIT 60 V. BUST BY EDWARD PEARCE AT THE ASHMOLEAN 70 VI. THE WEST FRONT OF ST. PAUL’S 72 VII. ST. PAUL’S UNDER THE DOME 74 VIII. ST. STEPHEN’S WALBROOK 88 IX. CHELSEA HOSPITAL: THE MAIN PORTICO 98 X. HAMPTON COURT: WREN’S TWO FRONTS 100 XI. GREENWICH HOSPITAL AND ITS TWO DOMES 102 XII. TRINITY COLLEGE LIBRARY, CAMBRIDGE: RIVER FRONT 108 XIII. THE WADHAM PORTRAIT OF WREN 114 XIV. THE ST. PAUL’S DEANERY PORTRAIT 120 XV. THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CHIAROSCURO ENGRAVING 126 XVI. WREN MEDAL AT WADHAM COLLEGE 148 IN THE TEXT PAGE ST. PETER’S xv, xvi ST. AUGUSTIN’S 55 ST. MARTIN’S AND ST. PAUL’S 56 THE SECOND DESIGN FOR ST. PAUL’S 64 PLAN OF THE “REJECTED DESIGN” 66 WEST ELEVATION OF THE “WARRANT DESIGN” 68 PLAN OF ST. PAUL’S AS BUILT 72 ST. VEDAST 79