One feature of St. Paul's especially endears it to us, and that is that there lie all that is mortal of many of our national heroes. Westminster is richer in its many monuments of great poets and writers; but the makers of the Empire and most of our distinguished painters are entombed in the "citizens' church." We can only point out the tombs of the most illustrious. _Nave_ (North Aisle)-- Wellington (d. 1852), the hero of Waterloo. Gordon (d. 1890), slain at Khartoum. Stewart, General (d. 1880), who tried to rescue Gordon. Melbourne, Viscount (1848), Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister. _North Transept_-- Sir Joshua Reynolds (1792), by Flaxman. Rodney, Admiral (1790), the hero of Martinique. Picton (1815), slain at Waterloo. Napier, General (1860), author of _Peninsular War_. Ponsonby, General (1815), killed at Waterloo. Hallam, the historian (1859). Johnson, Samuel (1784). _South Transept_-- Nelson, Admiral. Sir John Moore (1806), killed at Corunna. Turner, Joseph, R.A. (1851), painter. Collingwood, Admiral (1810), Colleague of Nelson. Howe, Admiral (1799), Colleague of Nelson. Howard, John (1790), the prison reformer, the first monument erected. Lawrence, General (1857), killed in Indian Mutiny. Cornwallis, General (1805), fought in American War and in India. _South Choir Aisle_-- Dean Milman (1868). Bloomfield, Bishop (1856). Jackson, Bishop (1885). Heber, Bishop (1826), of Calcutta. Liddon, Canon (1890). [Illustration Johnson's Statue in St. Paul's Cathedral] The _Crypt_ contains the Parish Church of St. Faith, Wellington's funeral car fashioned from captured cannon, and his tomb, Nelson's tomb (the coffin is made from the wood of one of his ships--the tomb is sixteenth-century work and was made for Cardinal Wolsey), the grave of Wren with its famous inscription, and many illustrious painters sleep in the _Painters' Corner_, amongst whom our modern artists Leighton and Millais rest with Reynolds, Lawrence, Landseer and Turner. DIMENSIONS Total length 460 ft. Length of nave 200 ft. Width of nave 100 ft. Height of nave 89 ft. Length of choir 160 ft. Height of cross on dome 363 ft. Height of west towers 222 ft. Area 59,700 sq. ft. Style--English Renaissance. BUILDING DATES Begun June 21, 1675. Cathedral finished 1710. [Illustration PLAN OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL] FOOTNOTE: [3] A pilaster is a column attached to a wall. WESTMINSTER ABBEY