PREFACE 9

not be built on the design there proposed.¹ I am sorry to have to write a special criticism, but it must be remembered that the best works, by the best men living, are in this age abused without mercy by nameless critics; and it would be unjust to the public, if those who have given their names as guarantee for their sincerity never had the courage to enter a protest against the execution of designs which appear to them unworthy.

DENMARK HILL, 16th April 1854.

¹ [In the Builder of November 12, 1853, an illustrated article was published showing the designs for the Town Hall by Cuthbert Brodrick. The building was erected from his designs and opened by Queen Victoria in 1858. It is surrounded by an open portico with Corinthian columns, and from the centre rises a peculiar tower, covered by a dome.]

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