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spread out, an accumulation of series upon series, and every 
series showing an almost complete and continuous gradation. 
The field of the Exposition was the parade ground, or: 
Champ de Mars, easy of access, and supplemented by annex- 
ing the island of Billancourt in the Seine, together comprehend- 
ing an area in excess, by a few acres, of one-fourth of a square 
mile. Spacious grounds outside the building, or palace as it 
was called, but without much very palatial in its aspect or con- 
struction, were allotted to ‘structures that ranged from the 
en te of groups within the building. By such 
means therefore, the best practicable facilities were supplied to 
each nationality to exhibit its own products to ad at 
them, the ten ‘juries of groups,’ for revising these awards under 
th : aan un 5 the most 
ready and a observation of the objects composing 
Were it a possibility to continue in permanence such a2 
t—a single area into which all the national arts were 
ae re ares a eens to visit 
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