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Excerpt from The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Vol. 208: 1860, January to June Inclusive As he was led to anticipate when he last addressed his friends, the subject of a National Style of Architecture has occupied many of his pages, not, he ventures to believe, unprofitably. Much curious matter has been brought forward, as Gleanings from Westminster Abbey, which, beside its intrinsic value, has a bear in g on the oft-mooted question of the date of Waltham Abbey Church with its consequences as to the era of other buildings. These various discussions have not been carried on in vain, if, as he thinks, they have done something towards the recognition of the national obligation to keep our sacred edifices from falling into min, as evidenced by the restoration of the Church in Dover Castle. This example will doubtless not be allowed to be a soli tary one, and thus many a noble church may, in God's good time, be restored to something like its original comeliness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.