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THE  PARIS  EXPOSITION. 
THE  PARIS  EXPOSITION  OF  1867. 
By  the  Editor. 
[Continued  from  page  540,  vol.  xl.] 
In  attempting  a  notice  of  some  of  the  objects  of  interest  to  the  phar- 
maceutist and  druggist,  collected  together  in  the  Paris  Exhibition  of 
1867,  it  is  with  no  intention  of  giving  much  detail,  or  of  entering  closely 
into  the  merits  of  particular  classes  of  articles — none  but  jurymen,  who 
were  permitted  to  handle  and  take  samples  of  specimens,  for  closer  ob- 
servation, could  do  this  in  a  reliable  manner  :  our  object  is  mainly  to 
convey  an  idea  of  the  general  character  of  the  Exhibition,  as  regards 
chemicals,  drugs,  apparatus  and  other  objects  more  or  less  connected 
with  the  business  of  the  pharmaceutist.  Occasionally  we  shall  wander 
from  the  path  thus  appointed,  and  we  do  not  pretend  to  confine  ourselves 
to  notes  taken  on  the  spot,  using  the  general  official  catalogue,  special 
catalogues  and  correspondence,  when  these  will  aid  our  purpose.  As 
stated  before,  our  notices  will  be  chiefly  confined  to  Group  Y,  which  in- 
cludes the  classes  from  XL  to  XLYI.  As  a  general  rule,  the  articles  in 
the  44th  class  (chemical  and  pharmaceutical  products)  were  in  the  con- 
centric gallery,  immediately  within  the  large  exterior  apartment  contain- 
ing the  machinery  in  motion.  The  manner  of  arranging  articles  varied 
with  individuals  and  nationalities,  but  was  generally  in  upright  glass 
cases,  with  shelving  within  so  as  to  avoid  the  dust,  whilst  in  the  centre 
other  glass  cases  of  varied  form  were  ranged,  within  which  the  most  bril- 
liant and  important  specimens  were  often  found.  For  some  reason,  not 
very  apparent,  the  British  section  was  not  well  lighted,  and  the  cases 
were  mostly  dark  colored.  This  eflfect  is  in  part  due  to  the  management  of 
the  interior  and  partly  to  this  section  being  shaded  by  the  taller  exterior 
gallery  to  the  south  and  west,  all  the  light  coming  from  above. 
In  the  very  brief  notice  of  this  building  in  our  last  it  should  have  been 
stated  that  the  domain  of  each  nation  was  bounded  by  lines  running  from 
the  central  court  to  the  circumference,  so  as  to  embrace  apartments  in 
each  of  the  seven  groups,  consequently  the  visitor,  bypassing  along  these 
radiating  streets,  as  they  were  called,  could  pass  in  review  the  produc- 
tions of  each  country  of  every  kind,  whilst  by  following  the  concentric 
avenues  he  could  examine  the  same  class  of  articles  as  made  by  all  the 
countries  exhibiting.  The  latter  was  the  order  generally  preferred  by 
those  who  entered  systematically  into  an  examination  of  the  Exhibition. 
There  were  16  of  these  radial  streets.  .  The  main  avenue,  opposite  the 
Bridge  of  Jena,  was  called  the  Vestibule,  and  proceeding  to  the  left, 
through  the  French  department,  one  passed  Rue  d'Alsace,  Rue  de  Nor- 
mandie,  Rue  de  Flandres,  Rue  de  France,  Rue  de  Lorraine,  Rue  de 
Provence,  Rue  des  Pays  Bas,  Rue  de  Belgique,  Rue  de  Prusse,  Rue 
d'Autriche,  Rue  des  Suisse,  Rue  de  Russie,  Rue  d'Afrique,  Rue  des  Indes 
and  Rue  d'Angleterre.    Of  the  space  thus  divided  into  16ths,  France 
