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plete collections of educational appliances and objects, such as, 1st. 

 Models of school buildings, arrangements and fittings, Books, Maps, 

 Diagrams, Models, Apparatus, &c. ; 2d. Specimens of the work done 

 in schools ; viz., Drawings, Writings, Needlework, &c. ; 3rd. Laws 

 of Public Instruction, Statistics of Education, School Regulations, 

 Time Tables, &c. 



The exhibition opened in June, and continued for about three 

 months. It was entirely successful, and its results cannot fail of bene- 

 fiting the cause which it illustrated. Among the articles exhibited 

 were choice specimens of fishes, Crustacea, marine plants and vege- 

 table productions used in commerce, such as seeds, roots, fibres, &c. ; 

 models of school-houses, copy-books, school clocks, globes, stationery, 

 drawing and coloring materials, diagrams, prints, maps, hydrostatical 

 and pneumatical apparatus, Attwood's machine for illustrating the 

 laws of falling bodies, the geometrical solids, a machine for illustrat- 

 ing centrifugal force, sets of the mechanical powers, sectional models 

 of steam-engines, &c. Also, contributions of the asylums for the 

 blind, the deaf and dumb, and idiots, and specimens. of workmanship 

 executed by pupils of the Ragged Schools. The East India Company 

 exhibited a very interesting collection of articles comprising, among 

 other things, specimens of pottery, made at the Madras School of 

 Arts and Industry, cordage made of plantain and agave fibre, with 

 various models, &c. 



America, especially the United States, was largelv represented with 

 various contributions, illustrating the progress of the common schools 

 within the last few years. 



A society has recently been formed in England, under the title of 

 " The Palestine Archaeological Association," having for its object the 

 exploring of the ancient and modern cities and towns, or other places 

 of historical importance, in Palestine and the adjacent countries, with 

 a view to the discovery of monuments and objects of antiquity, by 

 means of researches on the spot. The prospectus runs as follows : 

 " Archaeological Research in the East having now attained such im- 

 portant results, in the discovery and acquisition of splendid monuments, 

 both Egyptian and Assyrian, and a great archaeological chain of in- 

 quiry having been thus established from Egyptian Thebes to the site 

 of Nineveh, it has been suggested that Palestine presents itself the 

 middle link in this chain, as being full of rich promise to researches 

 and inquiries of a similar character. If Egypt and Assyria have af- 

 forded so many valuable monuments to the truth of history and tra- 

 dition, it may reasonably be expected that Palestine would yield as 

 rich a harvest. Why should not the sites of the ancient cities and 

 towns of the Hebrews, and of the aboriginal inhabitants of Canaan, be 



