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flower painting ; or where patterns first lithographed on thin paper 
were transferred to the cup or plate, and then fixed by an ingeni- 
ous process; the paper having first been washed off. The 
sanctum of the manager was a sight to gladden the eyes of a china © 
collector, for there, arranged in glass cases, were the chef d’wuvres 
of the manufactory from the very earliest times to the present, 
giving a complete history of its rise and progress in china. A 
short delay occurred in the show room in the selection of a few 
specimens for the home circle, and the members, after wandering 
about the town for a short time, found refreshment, if not rest, at 
the Star Hotel. Many were not sorry after somewhat indifferent 
accommodation, and being shaken in their beds during the night 
by the passing trains, to enter the quiet precincts of the Museum 
which had been kindly opened by Mr. Reece, the intelligent 
curator, half an hour earlier than usual, and under his guidance 
see an admirable local collection, which had evidently been 
arranged with some care. One feature was particularly worthy 
of notice. On the wall facing the first landing was painted a 
geological skeleton of the earth’s crust, and on the top landing a 
geological outline of the different formations in the county of 
Worcester; a most admirable idea, and one that might with 
advantage be imitated by all Museums, and especially by our 
Literary and Scientific Institution at home. It would be impossi- 
ble in this short sketch to enumerate all the objects displayed 
from the arenicolites of the Cambrian beds, the oldest fossils in 
the neighbouring hills, up to a Chinese lantern. Mention how- 
ever must be made of the admirable collection of recent shells, and 
the instructive series of rocks from the Malvern hills presented by 
Rey. W. 8. Symonds, Dr. Holl, and others, exhibiting the different 
combinations of quartz, felspar, hornblende, augite, mica, &c., 
which enter into the composition of those primeval rocks. Before 
starting for Great Malvern, a rapid visit was paid by a few of the 
more enthusiastic to the Church of the Holy Trinity, close to 
Shrub Hill Station, to see the old roof of the Guesten Hall. This 
