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There is also a fine bust of Jean Goujon, the "Correggio" of French sculptors, who, being a Huguenot, was shot on the seaffolding while at work upon some bassi-relievi at the Louvre, during the massacre of St. Bartholomew. He was the sculptor of the famous Caryatid figures in the Renaissance Court.

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The great men of Italy are chiefly represented by painters and sculptors, among whom are

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Among the remaining busts which will be viewed with interest, are those of Cosmo de Medici, the princely patron of the arts, and called by the Florentines the Father of his people and the deliverer of his country," born in 1399, and died in 1464. There is Columbus, the discoverer of America, who was a native of Genoa, and who died in 1506, in the 64th year of his age; and near him is Galileo, the famous astronomer, born in Florence, 1594, and who died in 1642. Machiavelli, the Florentine politician, born 1469, and died 1530; and Muratori, the prince of antiquarians, born in Bologna, 1672, and who died in 1750, are also members of the goodly company. Of living Italians there are but few, and the principal of these is the world-famed Grisi, the "Queen of Song," born 1816.

GERMANY.

Crossing the nave, and passing on the way a colossal statue of Rubens, from Antwerp, and one of the great French Admirals, Du Quesne, the visitor arrives at the collection of German historical characters. The illustrious Germans who have the honour of a pedestal here, are comparatively few in number. The visitor will, however, examine with interest the fine expressive features of most of them. There are

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Of living persons, there are busts of Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, born 1796; the Emperor of Austria, born 1830; Ludwig, King of Bavaria, born 1786; Cornelius, painter, born 1787; the illustrious Baron Von Humboldt, born at Breslau 1769; Rauch, the eminent sculptor, born at Aroslem in 1777, and others.

ENGLAND.

The historical portrait-gallery of our own country is at present but scantily supplied. Among the illustrious men, however, who worthily occupy a portion in it, may be found some of those whose names reflect the greatest lustre upon the arms, the literature, and the science of the country. We may enumerate in chronological order the following, including several of the principal American statesmen; who, though they belong to another nation, are the representatives of a people who speak a common language with ourselves, and who look upon this country as the home of their

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Of living personages, there are Lord Brougham, born 1779; the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the present Secretary at War, born 1810; Lord Monteagle, born 1790; Lord Ashburton, born 1774; Charles Kemble, born 1775; Mrs. Mary Somerville, astronomer; Fanny Butler, actress; Charles, Adelaide, and Fanny Kemble, &c.

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THE INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

It is gratifying to find that while the managers of the Crystal Palace have devoted their attention to the attainment of all that is attractive in statuary, decorations, horticulture, fountains, and other sources of instruction and recreation, they have not overlooked the exhibition of the industrial products of the present day. Artists, manufacturers, and producers in every branch of industry, have been invited to send in the proofs of their excellence and skill, and very many of them have responded to the appeal. The late Great Exhibition building contained an area of nearly 800,000 square feet; the New Crystal Palace contains about one-fourth more, or nearly 1,000,000 square feet. The area available for exhibitors in the first building was 400,000 square feet, and notwithstanding the New Crystal Palace contains so much more space, the amount available for exhibitors is only 140,000 square

feet. Of this space, the basement, set apart for machinery in motion and agricultural implements, contains 22,016, the ground floor 18,240, the galleries 33,376 square feet, the remainder being made up of seven courts on the ground floor. The lower galleries, and the principal portion of the nave, extending from the central to the south transept, with the basement, are the parts allotted for exhibitors, the remaining portions of the building being occupied by the various architectural courts, the conservatories, and the ethnological and natural history collections. The classification adopted with respect to the exhibition of industrial and raw products does not follow closely that laid down at the late Great Exhibition, the arrangement of the articles exhibited having been made more subservient to the general appearance and harmony of the whole than on the previous occasion. That the applications for space by exhibitors have not been so generally made as in the case of the late Great Exhibition, is a circumstance which need not be matter of surprise. In 1851, the Exhibition was world-wide in its scope. and the manufacturers and producers of this country were compelled, in self-defence, to sustain their reputation and their fame against all comers in that vast industrial tournament. That object was achieved, the rewards of success were distributed among them, and they now very quietly repose upon the honours which they then obtained. A large proportion, too, of the most interesting articles displayed in the exhibition were contributed by firms and persons who had no object to gain by publicity, and who were actuated solely by a desire to promote the success of a great national undertaking, with which the credit and honour of the country were intimately associated. The fact, too, that in addition to the expense required to be incurred by exhibitors in the fitting up of their stands, a considerable sum was required to be paid in the shape of yearly rent, deterred many other persons from coming forward, and while exaggerated rumours had fixed the rentals at almost fabulous prices, no steps were taken by the directors to put the public in possession of an intelligible scale of prices. This department of the undertaking cannot, therefore, be considered so satisfactory, or so successful, as other portions; it is wanting in novelty, and it lacks that stimulus of national rivalry and individual competition which were so highly characteristic of the Exhibition of 1851. As a means of affording publicity to exhibitors, and of promoting their commercial interests, the Crystal Palace, no doubt, affords many advantages, and among the articles exhibited are to be found many of intrinsic excellence, as well in design as .in workmanship, and which reflect the highest credit upon their producers. The series of seven industrial courts for exhibitors will be examined with interest, as they were designed and constructed under the superintendence of some of the most eminent artists and architects in the profession.

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