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VI
EDITOR’S PREFAOE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
Styles. On the revision and expansion of the work in 1873, this
third volume became the fourth as hereinafter explained.
In 1865 and 1867 the materials of the “ Handbook ” were re-
arranged to form an historical sequence, instead of a topographical one,
and a new work was puhlished under the title of the “ History of
Architecture ”; the first part devoted to Ancient Architecture from
Egyptian to Roman ; the second to Christian; and the third part to
Pagan Architecture, including Saracenic, Indian, Chinese, and Mexican.
In 1874 a second edition of this work appeared (from which
the whole of the Indian and Chinese sections were omitted and
published separately in 1876 as a third volume, under the title of
“ Indian and Eastern Architectur.e ”), and many additions were made
to the Assyrian and Byzantine chapters.
In the present edition (1893), which constitutes the third edition of
the “ History of Architecture,” the editor has endeavoured to the best
of his ability to follow the course which Mr. Eergusson himself adopted
in publishing new editions, viz., to rewrite those portions which
subsequent discoveries had proved to be either incorrect or doubtful.
For instance, in Egyptian Architecture the accurate measurements of
the pyramids made by Mr. Flinders Petrie, and his correction of Lepsius’s
theories as regards the Labyrinth, have placed information at the
editor’s disposal which was unknown to Mr. Eergusson. Corrections
of this kind are inserted in the text. On the other hand, absolutely
nothing new has appeared on Assyrian Architecture, and, therefore,
Mr. Fergusson’s theories respecting the restoration of the Assyrian
palaces have been retained ; the tendency of the opinion of archseolo-
gists having, however, developed rather in the direction of vaulted roofs
to the principal halls, footnotes have been appended giving the views of
foreign archseologists on the subject, between whicli and Mr. Eergusson’s
views the student is left to judge.
In Persian work the accuracy of Mr. Fergusson’s views respecting
the arrangement of the plans of the Persian palaces, which were first
promulgated in 1855, has been confii’med by later explorations at
Persepolis, Susa, and Pasargadxe, and footnotes giving the x'ecords of
the same are appended.
The results of recent discovei’ies in Greece and Italy have been
recorded, sometimes in the text, sometimes in footnotes ; and changes
have been made in the chapter on Pa,rthian and Sassanian Ai’chitectui’e,
EDITOR’S PREFAOE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
Styles. On the revision and expansion of the work in 1873, this
third volume became the fourth as hereinafter explained.
In 1865 and 1867 the materials of the “ Handbook ” were re-
arranged to form an historical sequence, instead of a topographical one,
and a new work was puhlished under the title of the “ History of
Architecture ”; the first part devoted to Ancient Architecture from
Egyptian to Roman ; the second to Christian; and the third part to
Pagan Architecture, including Saracenic, Indian, Chinese, and Mexican.
In 1874 a second edition of this work appeared (from which
the whole of the Indian and Chinese sections were omitted and
published separately in 1876 as a third volume, under the title of
“ Indian and Eastern Architectur.e ”), and many additions were made
to the Assyrian and Byzantine chapters.
In the present edition (1893), which constitutes the third edition of
the “ History of Architecture,” the editor has endeavoured to the best
of his ability to follow the course which Mr. Eergusson himself adopted
in publishing new editions, viz., to rewrite those portions which
subsequent discoveries had proved to be either incorrect or doubtful.
For instance, in Egyptian Architecture the accurate measurements of
the pyramids made by Mr. Flinders Petrie, and his correction of Lepsius’s
theories as regards the Labyrinth, have placed information at the
editor’s disposal which was unknown to Mr. Eergusson. Corrections
of this kind are inserted in the text. On the other hand, absolutely
nothing new has appeared on Assyrian Architecture, and, therefore,
Mr. Fergusson’s theories respecting the restoration of the Assyrian
palaces have been retained ; the tendency of the opinion of archseolo-
gists having, however, developed rather in the direction of vaulted roofs
to the principal halls, footnotes have been appended giving the views of
foreign archseologists on the subject, between whicli and Mr. Eergusson’s
views the student is left to judge.
In Persian work the accuracy of Mr. Fergusson’s views respecting
the arrangement of the plans of the Persian palaces, which were first
promulgated in 1855, has been confii’med by later explorations at
Persepolis, Susa, and Pasargadxe, and footnotes giving the x'ecords of
the same are appended.
The results of recent discovei’ies in Greece and Italy have been
recorded, sometimes in the text, sometimes in footnotes ; and changes
have been made in the chapter on Pa,rthian and Sassanian Ai’chitectui’e,