The offer of a very generous anonymous donor to bear
the cost of 'building a new Sacristy for Westminster Abbey has provoked some controversy upon the archi- - tectural style- demanded by the site. It is proposed to set it incanipicuously to the east of the North Transept. -The Dean and Chapter will be safe in the hands of Mr. Tapper, a devout pupil of Temple Moore, as their arolitect. He will hot try to copy other parts Of the Abbey -slavishly,' and we would not have him do so • any more than did Wren or Hawksmoor, Pearson, and other architects win) have given to the Abbey and St. Margaret's their sense of living and growing from century to century. The donor will be supplying what the Abbey certainly needs, and it will add greatly to the interest of pilgrims from all over the world if the Dean and Chapter are able to exhibit some of their many treasures to better advantage. We are sure they will be glad to do to, particularly if such possessions as have a special sanctity are not treated as mere "museum pieces." * * *•
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