Waterhouse, Percy Leslie: The story of architecture throughout the ages: an introduction to the study of the oldest of the arts for students and general readers (London: B. T. Batsford, 1924)

PREFACE
An earlier edition of this book appeared many
years ago and claimed a large circle of readers ;
it has, however, long been out of print. It has
now been very fully revised, and in part
re-written, and entirely re-illustrated from
drawings and prints and from photographs.
If in its new form it can open the door of desire,
and lead to an increasing interest in buildings
new and old, and to a proper appreciation of
them, it will serve its purpose.
I am indebted to the Council and Librarian of
the Royal Institute of British Architects for the
loan of a number of books for illustration. Miss
Spiers has kindly lent two water colours (Pl. II.
and in.) from drawings by the late Mr. R. Phene
Spiers. I have to thank Mr. Arthur Keen for
his drawing of Stokesay Castle (Fig. 73), and
Mr. Marshall Jones, of Boston, has furnished the
view of the Woolworth Building, (Pl. XXX.)
The view shown in Pl. xxxi. is from a photo-
graph by Messrs. Aerofilms, Ltd. I have to thank
Mr. Fred. Saunders for Fig. 59, Mr. C. B.
Hutchinson for Fig. 79, and Mr. Louis Ambler
for Fig. 84. The Council of the Architectural
Association have also given permission for these
to be reproduced from the A.A. Sketch book.
P. L. W.

Shotover, Epsom.
October, 1924.