AUGUSTUS, was an eminent architectural draughtsman who was born in France in 1769, and came over to London to practise his profession. The principal part of his attention was directed to the illustration of the architecture of the middle ages. He published Specimens of Gothic Architecture selected from various Ancient Edifices in England in 1821-23; and Specimens of the Architectural Antiquities of Normandy in 1825-28. He was also in 1831, the year before his death, assisting his son in producing a work entitled Gothic Ornaments selected from various Buildings in England and France. Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, the son of the preceding, was born in 1811, and learned the profession of architectural draughtsman under his father. It was not long before he resolved to devote his time to the archaeological study of style and symbolism in ornaments. Settling down at Ramsgate in 1833, he carried his resolution into practice both with pen and pencil. Designs for Gothic Furniture in the style of the Fifteenth Century, and Designs for Iron and Brass Work in the Style of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, were published in 1835. Designs for Gold and Silver Ornaments, and Ancient Timber Houses, were produced in 1836. There followed soon afterwards an arrogant tract entitled Contrasts, or a Parallel between Ancient and Modern Architecture. His zeal increased when he had become a member of the Roman Catholic Church. All his energies from that time were devoted to the promotion of that magnificent style of architecture which has been identified with the Popish worship. Numerous churches, chapels, convents, and schools were erected under his superintendence throughout the country to shame the degenerate taste of the age. Especially did he concentrate all his powers upon rearing a model fabric at his own expense at Ramsgate. Nor did he neglect to advocate his views by plain statements. He published The Principles of Christian or Pointed Architecture, 1841; An Apology for the Revival of Christian Architecture, 1843; A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament, 1844; and A Treatise on Chancel Screens and Rood Lofts, 1851. In fact, so much and so constantly did the one prevalent idea engage and harass his mind, that his brain became distracted, and he had only been brought back from a lunatic asylum when he died, on the 14th September 1852.