This illustrious artist died in 1723, and was buried in the vault of St. Paul's Cathedral, the most enduring monument of his genius, under the south aisle of the choir. Inscribed upon his tomb are four words "that comprehend," says Walpole, "his merit and his fame," sublimely and eloquently expressed: "Si monumentum quæris, circumspice"—"If thou inquirest for a monument, look around thee!"
WREN AND CHARLES II.
Wren's small stature, and his intimacy with
Charles II., are humorously shown in an anecdote
preserved by Seward. The king, on walking through
his newly erected palace at Newmarket, said,
"These rooms are too low." Wren went up to the
king and replied, "An please your majesty, I think
them high enough." Whereupon Charles, stooping
down to Sir Christopher's stature, answered with a
smile, "On second thoughts, I think so too."
THOMAS BANKS, THE ENGLISH SCULPTOR.
Among the friends of this gifted man, were Flaxman,
Fuseli, and the talented John Horne Tooke.
His friendship with the last nearly proved mischievous
to Banks, and perhaps would certainly have
been so, had it not been for the uprightness of his
character. During those perilous days, when "rev-
