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Class VI. The gold medal for the best jAotogrnph taken 

 on an X. L. Edwards' gelatine plate was awarded to ilr. 

 S. Norman (2S) for some good landscape studies, while 

 Mr. A. Millar (7a) obtained a bronze medal. 



Class VII. The gold medal for the best platinotype 

 picture has fallen to Mr. Earnest A. Gould, for No. 

 12a. 



Class VIII. Open to ladies only. This class contains 

 some very excellent exhibits, and, as a whole, speaks well 

 for the perseverance and artistic skdl of the fair sex. The 

 silver medal was awarded to the Jlisses Lindsay Antrobus, 

 for a series of beautiful views, and bronze medals to Miss 

 Holford, and Miss Maud C. Kitchin, for her clever 

 " studies of dogs " (24). 



Class IX is the largest class, being open to all amateurs. 

 In it two gold medals were awarded, one to the Rev. 11. B. 

 Hare for No. 122, "The Old Mill Weir," and "The 

 Meeting of the Waters," which obtained the silver medal 

 given by the Amateur Photographer for the most artistic 

 photographs ; the other to Mr. Henry Stevens, for No. 309, 

 "Six Studies of Flowers." Mr. Stevens shows several 

 other exhibits of flower studies, which are all exquisitely 

 graceful and artistic ; he has also won a bronze medal in 

 Class XII., for his beautiful transparency, " Roses and 

 Dewdrops" (12). Sdver medals for architectural subjects 

 were awarded to Mr. A. Pringle for his " Moorish Archi- 

 tecture " (67), a noteworthy exhibit, and to Messrs. G. 

 Bankart, T. N. Armstrong, and A. A. Berens. Brouze 

 medals to Lord Walter Campbell, for Nos. 47-50, charming 

 Studies of Mrs. Finney and of his own children; Messrs. 

 A. W. Beer, A. Mathison, A. C. Biokuell, W. L. 

 Colls, R. B. White, C. P. and D. Downing, and C. E. 

 Abney. 



Class X. Open to all amateurs. The silver medal for 

 the best winter scene was awarded to Mr. R. Leventhoipe 

 for No. 5, " Winter at Papworth Everard, Cambs." The 

 «xliibita in this class are of exceptional beauty, winter 

 landscapes being rather uncommon in photography. 



Class XI. Open only to those who have begun to prac- 

 tise photography in the year 1885, contains many exhibits 

 which do credit to the beginners in the art. The silver 

 medal is awarded to Mr. H. Champion for a group of 

 portraits (No. I.) 



Class XII. Transparencies on glass. Silver medal 

 Awarded to Mr. Murray for No. 15, " Three Rustic Views, 

 »nd Breakers." Bronze medals to Mr. F. Briglman for 

 twelve clever lantern-slides (G), and Messrs. H. Stevens and 

 G. Manfield. A notable exhibit is No. 11, "Reading the 

 News," also by Mr. Stevens. 



Class XIII. Enlargements. Silver medal awarded to 

 Lieutenant- Colonel Sandeman for No. 17. Most of the 

 «nlargements are done from quarter-plate cameras. 



It is impossible, in the limited space at our commaud, to 

 do more than mention a few of the most notable exhibits, 

 nor is it desirable to do so, for descriptions of picture.s are 

 of no great interest to those who have not seen them, while 

 to those who have, they are unnecessary. Viewing the ex- 

 hibition as a whole, it is in the highest degree satisfactory, 

 and speaks volumes as to the progress of an art which is 

 equally useful and ornamental. 



Eeeata. — In Dr. Hntchinson's paper on "Termites," at p. 104, 

 line 11, for " formation" read " foundation " ; line 3G, for " extend- 

 ing" read "eitruding" ; line 41, for " photiphobia" read " photo- 

 phobia"; line 55, for "open moonlight" read "open, overnight." 



At p. 142, line 6 from bottom, for "secret" read "scent." In 



the paragraph announcing Miss Ada Ballin's forthcoming work, 

 with which the second column on p. 357 commences, " Dar- 

 mertoher " is printed for Darmeateter. < 



THE INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS 

 EXHIBITION. 



THIS Exhibition, which, if no disaster intervenes, will 

 be opened on JMonday next witli all the ichit. that an 

 immense gatlieiiug of those of tlie public interisted in the 

 venture, coujiled with a goodly af.semblago of notabilities, 

 can bestow, liodes well to prove itself one of the most in- 

 teresting and, above all, tbe most useful collections of the 

 fruits of the world's industry that has been brought together 

 lor many years, even if in some res])ects it does not surpass 

 the glories of 1851. It was apparent, on the first announce- 

 ment of the purpose of this year's show, that die field 

 available was of sutl'icicnt immensity to warrant the an- 

 ticipation of a great success. And such a success is 

 already assured. Doubtless many of the surroundings 

 of the two jueoeding shows — the Fisheries and the 

 llealth Exhibition — which it is expected will be repeated, 

 and possilily in even a better form than heretofore, lend 

 considerably to the pres-.imption of sometliini; good in the 

 coming display ; but a[>art from all those attractions, there 

 is the fact, asseverated by many of those on the spot, and 

 therefore best able to judge, that the Inventions Exhibition 

 will comprise the most extensive dis])lay of good things 

 that has ever been brought together. And there is every 

 reason to expect that this should be so. It is safe to 

 assume that there is no branch of industry, no branch of 

 human labour, which can fairly be excluded, if we 

 are to judge from the title of the Exhibition. What 

 a vasr, an unnieasurable field, then, opens itself 

 before us as we try to conceive the possible limits 

 of the collection. As a matter of fact, no one mind 

 can accomplish such a task, and it is well that the 

 Executive is one which may be characterised for its hetero- 

 geneity. Beyond the fact that no article which has been 

 exhibited in either of the two preceding exhibitions is to 

 be admitted, it is impossible to imagine a single application 

 of human ingenuity which should not find a place in the 

 Exhibition of 1885. It is fortunate for the hundreds of 

 thousands, or probably millions, of visitors that this is so. 

 There cannot fail to be much that will interest every 

 one who is desirous of learning sumething, great or 

 small, and he will doubtless be aVjle to start on 

 his journey thitherwards without being assailed by the 

 presentiment that he is to feast (or deaden) his eyes 

 simply upon a series of well-dressed shop-fronts. Jam-pots, 

 in their way, have a place in the world, and jierhaps might, 

 by a broad expansion of the term, be regarded as inventions, 

 albeit somewhat ancient, but they should have no place in 

 the new Exhibition ; and as they and other equally useful 

 (or useless) exhibits held an unduly prominent position last 

 year, there is little fear of their troubling us during the 

 coming summer. 



Perambulations through the various sections of the 

 Exhibition-buildings convince us that the new Exhibition 

 will be all that we could desire, and that no efl'ort will be 

 spared to impart to it a degree of utility, interest, and 

 piofit not previously attained. Utility, in that every one 

 will be able to see something capable of being rendered 

 subservient to his requirements ; interest, in that no one 

 will be able to leave without having seen something 

 attractive ; profitable, in that every one will depart wiser 

 than he came ; and, further, that the exhiljitors of such 

 appliances or commodities as appeal to the sightfeers must 

 realise something in the way of business. Upon these three 

 grounds it is that we shall take our stand in reviewing, 

 week by week, the wares displayed in the various depart- 

 ments of the Exhibition. 



Although we have spoken thus favourably of the Exhi- 



