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)

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ARCHITECTURE TO-DAY
In the present day all avenues are open to the
student of architecture. Knowledge is no more
a fountain sealed. Even to the slender purse
the greatly increased facilities for travel, and
the improved means of communication of all
kinds, make it possible to visit fields of study
which, in the days of Wren and Inigo Jones,
were inaccessible to all but the favoured few.
The classical buildings of imperial Rome, the
mediaeval churches and cathedrals of Europe,
the palaces of the Renaissance in Italy, and the
chateaux on the banks of the Loire in France,—
with all these the student may make himself
acquainted, not only by travel but by means
of drawings, photographs, and literature. And
to the great army of travellers, not necessarily
students, these scenes are becoming increasingly
familiar.
The result of all this is a certain cosmo-
politanism in architecture throughout the civilised
world. In all the principal cities one finds
mammoth hotels, all modelled upon sumptuous
lines, to cater for the same international guests ;
while theatres, public buildings, and business
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