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Excerpt from The History and Description, With Graphic Illustrations, of Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire: The Seat of the Earl of Essex
Fonthill Abbey may be noticed amongst the romances of modern architecture. Lts proprietor was a natural necromancer! With the Aaron's rod of wealth he struck the rock and turned it to a Splendid palace. As it sprung up with mystery and rapidity, so it sunk to ruin with more than corresponding celerity. On this extraordinary edifice, and its more extraordinary master, the writer of this work published a quarto volume in 1823, in the dedication of which is an account of other publications devoted to particular mansions.
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