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made to give an epitome of the history of inventions, by competitive 

 trials of machinery, apparatus, and methods of work of different dates ; 

 in addition to which the productions of machines and hand-work will be 

 placed side by side, to show that while in some cases machines have 

 superseded hand-work, in others they have aided and increased its 

 products. A representation of the commerce and trade of the world 

 will be given by exhibiting specimens of the articles of trade at all the 

 important sea-ports, each specimen being marked with the origin, des- 

 tination, price, and quantity of imp'ort and exi)ort of the article. There 

 is hardly anything, however remotely coimected with agriculture and 

 the industrial arts, that will not be embraced in the comprehensive pro- 

 gramme of this universal exhibition; and the whole will be accompa- 

 nied by international congresses and conferences for discussing import- 

 ant matters, and special lectures and experiments, such as will .subject 

 machinery and various scientific theories to practical tests. The exhi- 

 bition will be diversified, and its staid character of utility relieved, by 

 representations of all kinds of sports, including the inevitable race, 

 regattas, and national games and plays; and exhibitors will have an 

 opportunity to dispose of their alimentarj^ substances in tasting-pavil- 

 ions and refreshraent-rooius erected for the purpose. 



The exhibition includes some novelties or features which are not 

 common to such occasions, and which, if carried out to their full ex- 

 tent, will be of valuable as well as of curious interest. Among these 

 are plans for affording dilferent nations an opportunity to illustrate 

 their peculiar forms and actual conditions of domestic life, by present- 

 ing model's of the inner arrangement, furniture, and decorations of 

 their private dwelling-houses, and also the arrangements, furniture, 

 and utensils of their farm-houses. The object is to show how the pri- 

 vate dwelling-house can and ought to be built in order best to fulfill its 

 purpose, taking into consideration the climate and local circumstances, 

 and the mode of life, wants, and habits of different peoples. The prac- 

 tical value of such an exhibition will be, that it will furnish opportuni- 

 ties for instructive comparison of different styles of domestic architec- 

 ture, and for recommending that which may be best suited to particular 

 climates and habits of life — economy, tnste, and comfort being taken 

 equally into account. The farm-house exhibition is well calculated to 

 attract the peasantry, and to arouse their special interest. The gen- 

 erally unsuitable condition of farm-houses constitutes a good objective 

 reason for the proposed international display, with a view to such com- 

 parison as will excite attention and stimulate to improvement. 



Agricultural Exposition at Barcelona, Spain. — An agricul- 

 tural and industrial exhibition of implements of husbandry, with par- 

 ticular reference to those connected with the culture of the vine and the 

 olive, and the fabrication of their products, is to be opened in September 

 next at Barcelona, the capital of the principality of Catalonia, in Spain, 

 commanding one of the most fertile and best cultivated plains in the 

 Peninsula, and famous for the manufacture of wines and brandy. Com- 

 petition will be free to all nations, and the Spanish government has 

 arranged to admit models free of duty and at reduced rates of trans- 

 portation. Implements and machines sent for exhibition will, if desired, 

 be sulgnitted to practical tests as to their capacity, eflQciency, and 

 economy of operation. Besides being rich in wines, Catalonia has 

 extensive manufactories of cotton, silk, lace, and glass. 



