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Title: Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of St. Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
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An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch
[Illustration: _Photochrom Co. Ltd. Photo._ ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, FROM THE SOUTH BANK OF THE THAMES.]
The MSS. relating to St. Paul's are deficient in regard to the earlier periods, but become gradually more complete as time progresses. They have been published or quoted, probably, more extensively than those belonging to any other religious foundation in this country, unless it be such communities as St. Alban's, which have attracted the continued attention of the editors working under the Master of the Rolls. In consequence, although our knowledge, not only of the Romano-British period but of many succeeding centuries, is defective or altogether wanting, yet as time advances after the Norman Conquest the merely printed material at our disposal becomes gradually almost embarrassing. When we come to the present Cathedral, we know not only exactly _when_ it was built, but to a great extent _how_ and _why_.