Stranica 230 [230]
208 THE CHURCHES
speedily dispelled, and even the coldness of the gray walls does not
strike one as muchas it might when the stained glass, the dark oak
carving, and the new and gorgeous reredos are seen. I cannot admire
the two or three mosaics which have been placed round the dome, and
which seem to me to make some attempt to dwarf the proportions of
the building, like the very unfortunate angels which so entirely ruin the j
effect of St. Peters
at Rome. Wren
avoided such mis¬
takes with his usual
caution and unerring
taste. Ihe incon¬
gruous pulpit under
the dome also jars
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on the sight, but as
it is only unsuitable
and not in itself bad,
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its incongruity may
be pardoned. The
new reredos is an¬
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other feature I can
hardly imagine
Wren would have
sanctioned. Still it
is handsome in itself,
and goes far to in¬
crease the sense of
vastness with which
the whole church
impresses the visitor.