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Louis XI. inclusive ; The Renaissance from Charles VIII. to Henry IV. 

 (1610); The Reigns of Louis XIII. and XIV. (1610 to 1715); The 

 Reign of Louis XV. ; The Reign of Louis XVI. and the Revolution 

 (1774 to 1800). In the parts of this gallery devoted to the early 

 portion of the mediaeval period, splendid manuscripts and illuminations 

 constituted a striking feature. The identity of style observable in the 

 illuminations of certain very ancient Persian or Arabian manuscripts 

 here shown, and those which decorate the productions of the Greek 

 and Latin monasteries, was very curious to notice. 



In the Swiss portion of this gallery were to be seen innumerable 

 relics of the famous primitive lake-villages, built on piles, which have 

 recently been discovered, and which Arthur Helps has endeavored so 

 pleasantly in his Bealmah to rehabilitate and people with a wise and 

 understanding set of inhabitants. These remains were referred to ages 

 of stone, bronze and iron. Pictures reproducing these ancient Swiss 

 villages were also displayed. 



The next circuit of the building to be made was through the Gallery 

 of Pine Arts. Each circuit, of course, became larger as one advanced 

 outward. This gallery was filled with paintings, drawings, sculptures 

 in groups, single figures, busts and medallions ; drawings and models 

 in architecture, engravings and lithographs. Vela's Napoleon Mourant 

 was ever surrounded by a throng, watching the figure as though it were 

 a flesh-and-blood reality. The Columbus revealing America of the same 

 artist, a colossal group, was especially interesting to persons from the 

 Canadian side of the Atlantic. An Episode of the Deluge, by Luccardi, 

 obtained the highest prize in sculpture, with the Cross of the Legion 

 of Honour added to it — a fine group, representing a father and mother 

 and infant child, the waters just reaching them. — Whilst engaged in 

 making memoranda on the spot of several special coins in a fine ancient 

 collection in the Italian section, I noticed close at hand the quiet hist .', 

 of the police, indicating that one was being watched. The special coins 

 pencilled down on this occasion, as not having been seen before, were, 

 I find, a Livia as Justitia, a Livia as Pietas, a Manila Scantilla, a 

 Lucilla, a Paula, an Orbiana, and a Galeria Valeria ; with a Pupianus, 

 a Balbinus, and a Romulus Augustulus. 



Again we passed round through the building. Now it was through 

 a gallery bearing over its entrances the inscription — The Materials of 

 the Liberal Arts. These were found to be paper for printing purposes 

 and all purposes ; letter-press and printed books ; book-binder's work ; 



