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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FOOTNOTES

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THE
LIFE AND WORKS
OF
SIR CHARLES BARRY, R.A., F.R.S.,
&c. &c.

By REV. ALFRED BARRY, D.D.,
PRINCIPAL OF CHELTENHAM COLLEGE.


LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1867.
The right of Translation is reserved
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LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,
AND CHARING CROSS.
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PREFACE.

The objects which I have had in view in the following pages, and thespirit in which I have endeavoured to pursue them, are referred to inthe opening paragraphs of the first chapter. It remains to say a fewwords on the nature of the materials at my command, and the authoritieson which my statements of fact and opinion are based.

For all narrative purposes, I have found an abundance of excellent andtrustworthy materials. My father’s architectural life is written inoutline in his own professional journals, and, in its more importantperiods, has left its memorials in public and official documents ofunquestionable authority. Some of these I have quoted in the Appendix;in other cases I have given summaries of their contents, and referencesto the original documents. In all cases I may venture to profess, that Ihave taken the greatest pains to ascertain clearly the facts which Ihave here recorded. When I could not consult official documents, I havedepended only on personal recollection and the testimony of{iv}eye-witnesses. Of any errors, which may still have crept in, I shallthankfully receive correction.

I could indeed have wished to present to my readers more originalletters and extracts from Journals. These form the most valuable part ofmany biographies; for, independently of any intrinsic excellence oftheir own, they are full of interest, as bearing the marked impress ofpersonal character, and enabling the subject of the biography to speakfor himself. But here my materials fail me. My father was no greatletter-writer. His pen was indeed constantly busy in valuableprofessional notes and official reports, clear in style andcomprehensive in scope, of which specimens are given in the Appendix.But I find few characteristic letters, embodying his personal opinionsand feelings; and he does not appear to have preserved, except in a fewcases, the numerous letters from eminent persons, which he must havereceived. I have had therefore to rely on personal recollection tosupply the deficiency, and to endeavour in the last chapter to describehis private life and character, as it ap

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