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ness. The area occupied, being very extensive, re- 

 quired a good deal of walking to reach the various 

 departments. It is easy to criticise, and I do not pro- 

 pose to do so relative to the general exhibit, which 

 undoubtedly exceeds any other ever given in many 

 respects; but, having seen quite a number of world's 

 fairs, I am more impressed than ever with the plan 

 followed in 1867 in Paris, of having a large oval build- 

 ing which in that case was about a mile and a half 

 in circumference, built of iron and glass, which con- 

 tained the principal exhibits of all nations so that one 

 could pass continuously from one nationality to an- 

 other in rotation, upon the class of exhibits one 

 wished to follow, without the necessity of traversing 

 long intervening spaces, over roads and pathways, 

 saving loss of time and fatigue. The machinery and 

 heavy wares could then be relegated to appropriate 

 annexes, where they could be seen by those specially 

 interested in such, which do not appeal to all visitors. 



The array of beautiful buildings of perfect outline 

 at the St. Louis Fair were of striking architectural 

 perfection, and occasion regret to think they were 

 all demolished at the end of the fair. 



At a dinner which I attended, given in London by 

 Mr. Robert Bowles, an American banker, to Henry M. 

 Stanley, the African explorer, upon his return after 

 finding Dr. Livingstone, I was much interested during 

 the evening's conversation by Mr. Stanley's refer- 

 ences to his explorations, which indicated his remark- 

 able character as one of indomitable determination 

 and courage. He remarked to me if I remembered 

 of ever having met him before, to which I answered 

 in the negative ; to which he said that we met in Central 



