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tion that Messrs. Steinway & Sons have beaten the world, 
after a protracted and stubborn contest. 
In Division III, including all textile, felted and laid manu¬ 
factures, there was perhaps a more equal division of honors 
among the leading European nations than in any other one of 
the five; England ranking first in cotton fabrics, France in 
silks and fine woolen and worsted goods, England, Austria, 
Prussia, Belgium and Saxony in the coarser woolens and 
other fabrics, and Ireland and Belgium in linens; while, in the 
way of fine felts, the most delicate tissues, laces, embroideries, 
laid manufactures and a thousand articles of luxury, France is 
still incomparable. 
Improvement in no branch of the arts has been more marked, 
during the past ten years, than in dyeing,^and the presumption 
is, that ten years more will show wonderful progress in the 
manufacture of all sorts of dyed and printed fabrics. In this 
division, America, though far behind, as yet, is nevertheless 
making rapid progress. Already her cottons appear at home 
in the midst of England’s best. The only exhibition of printed 
fabrics, however, was by the Manchester Print Works, to 
whose enterprising proprietors was awarded a medal. 
In Division lY, (metallic, vitreous and ceramic manufactures,) 
the display was no less magnificent. England had pre-em¬ 
inence, of course, in the whole branch of metallic manufactures, 
her exhibition of manufactures of iron, steel, brass and general 
hardware being beyond all competition. She also held high 
rank in the quality of her work in the precious metals, as did, 
also, Prussia, Denmark and Russia. But for beauty of design 
artistic execution, and telling effect, as well as in the quality 
of the material used in the manufacture of fine jewelry, France 
was no less peerless. Her exhibition of cheap imitations of 
jewelry and precious stones was very extraordinary, almost 
marking an era in the production of cheap and beautiful orna 
ments for the million. 
The palm for superiority In the line of vitreous and ceramic 
