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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 mistakes with his usual caution and unerring taste. Ihe incongruous pulpit under the dome also jars ERR sz tee pp pee ee lüke süni ús i —— s sz sa a on the sight, but as it is only unsuitable and not in itself bad, ae 8 ml my mul = its incongruity may be pardoned. The new reredos is an—s other feature I can hardly imagine Wren would have sanctioned. Still it is handsome in itself, and goes far to increase the sense of vastness with which the whole church impresses the visitor.
