Judging from the Past and Present, - what are the prospects for good architecture in London?: A lecture delivered in the theatre of the South Kensington Museum, on Tuesday the 12th of April, 1864 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.