Excerpt from A History of Architectural Development, Vol. 1 of 3

This volume was commenced a few years back, but, owing to various causes, has only recently been finished.

Its aim is to trace the development of architecture through the planning, construction, materials and principles oof design of the buildings described, and to try and indicate the broad lessons which may be learned from them. No one practising architecture, however able he may be and however keen his imagination, can afford to ignore these lessons. For the history of architecture is the history of evolution, and all work in all countries and at all periods has been evolved from preceding efforts. Various in¿uences from time to time have combined to give to the buildings of each country their distinctive character, and it is in the successful solution of the difficulties which arose in con sequence of these that the value of architectural studies lies. Such in¿uences are - religion, climate, tradition, geographical situation, the materials available, the condition of the labour market, the wealth or poverty of a people, their life, character, and requirements: these and others have made themselves felt in turn, some with great power, others with less effect.

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