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restored as to appear just as tlicy did thousands of years ago, 

 just as tliey were when Moses looked upon them. 



Greece also is brought up before us as really as any art could 

 reproduce it. Coming from the overwhelming grandeur of the 

 Egyptian court and architecture, we are at once surrounded by 

 the graceful forms, the truthful proportions of Grecian art, not 

 by one or two or ten specimens or reproductions of its varied 

 and beautiful architecture, but by innumerable illustrations of 

 its various periods. What art has done to present to the eyes 

 of the spectator the clearest realization of the life of ancient 

 Egypt and Greece, it has done for many other countries, cities 

 and times. Nineveh has its court, and there is the court of 

 the Alhambra and many others. 



But the treasures of nature as well as of art, have been sum- 

 moned to add to the attractions of this spot. Magnificent 

 collections of plants, both under glass and in the gardens, have 

 been gathered from all parts of the world. The fountains of 

 Versailles are rivaled in beauty in the grounds of the Crystal 

 Palace. The plants of Kew gardens, nearly all that are known 

 to botanists, exist here, also, to a great extent, and in such an 

 arrangement as to show their geographical distribution. The 

 collections of geology, zoology and ethnology are extremely 

 rich and well arranged. 



The Industrial Museum and Technological Collection forms 

 an extremely interesting and valuable feature of the exhibition, 

 but a description of its rich and varied wealth would lead too 

 far. A grand agricultural implement warehouse forms another 

 feature of this curious and interesting place. Machines of 

 various sorts are sent thither by the various manufacturing 

 establishments and sold at the same price that they can be 

 obtained for elsewhere. Reaping machines, threshing machines, 

 drilling machines, fixed and portable steam-engines, digging 

 machines, hay tedders, drain ploughs, chaff-cutters, and every 

 thing else in the shape of agricultural implements, are to be 

 seen and bought at the Crystal Palace. It would require a 

 volume to give any complete idea of this great establishment. 



The gardens are laid out both in the Italian and English 

 style of landscape. Some account of these styles is given in 

 the official catalogue, from which I give the main features as 

 follows : — 



