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" Bi;t as I slept me mette I wna Within a temple ymnde of g!.i3, la which there were mo images Of gold standing in sundry stages, In mo rich tabernacles, And with perrie mo pinnnclea And mo curioua portraitures, And qneint manner of figures Of gold work, than I saw ever." CAaueer, G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE. M.DCCC.LIII. ^. Entered according to Act of Congress, iu tlio year 1?53, By G. r. Putnam and Companv, In the Clerk's OfEce of the Distii.-t Court of the United St:iU'S for the Soutbem District of New Vovk. BiLtix & Brothers, Pnnters and Stereotypcrs, 20 North Willinm street, N, Y TO \ THEODORE SEDGWICK, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION FOE THE EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, ORGANIZED IN NEW YORK, IN 1S52, AND EXnrBJTING NOW THE GRAND RESULTS OF ITS ENTERPRISE AND ENERGY THE AMERICAN CRYSTAL PALACE, Sr|)Cs Slfttle Volumt, DESIGNED AS A POPULAR EXPOSITION OF THOSE RESULTS, FOR PRESENT USE, AND FUTURE REFERENCE, IS, WITH SENTIMENTS OF SINCERE ESTEEM, INSCKIEED BY THE AITTHOE. PREFACE. This manual has been prepared to supply a want expressed by- thousands, and probably felt by all, of those who have visited the Crystal Palace. The Official Catalogue, indispensable in itself as a complete and systematic inventory of the thousands of objects embraced in the Great Exhibition, is, yet, in the very nature of the case, deficient in that sort of information concerning the chief attrac- tions of the Palace which the visitor requires. The author of this little work has prepared it under some embar- rassments, and especially that of exacting daily duties, but in pleading them in extenuation of the defects which it may be found to contain, he would, at the same time, state, and he hopes, without incurring the charge of vanity, that he had peculiar facilities for the preparation of the work. For a period of five months he has been connected with the Association as the Editor of its Official Catalogues, and much of that time he has passed in close and careful inspection of the articles exhibited in all departments of the Exhibition. It would not have been difficult to write a large volume upon the Exhibition, in which he might have indulged in description and illus- tration, but to condense the needed information into the limits of a manual—" hoc opus, hie labor est." The visitor may not, improbably, find the guide-book sometimes in fault, it may be from oversight or actual mistake, but still more probably from disarrangement of the objects in the Palace by occa- sional withdrawals, or by tardy additions of articles. It is believed that the visitor desiring to see the Exhibition thoroughly, and willing to follow a guide implicitly, will find this manual an efficient help. The title of the book has been chosen, not to indicate the amount of time which may be profitably devoted to the Exhibition, for in that case it should have been " A Week in the Crystal Palace," but to encourage those who have only " a day^'' to spare, to devote that 6 r R E F A C E . day confidently and with determination to the object, and to give them such aid as will enable them, within tlie day^ to sec the entire Exhibition, not in detail, but still with much satisfaction. The work has been prepared with reference to the wants of the visitor in the Palace^ but it is believed that it will be found to pos- sess an interest beyond this special aim, and for thousands who find it impossible to see, for themselves, the Great Exhibition which it commemorates. The degree of benefit which the visitor to the Crystal Palace will derive from it, will be in exact proportion to the fidelity with which the course jt points out is followed. It is confidently believed that no one can inspect the contents of the whole building by an easier method than the one it prescribes, and a slight attention to its in- structions and indices will obviate all difiBculty in making the tour of the building as it is there marked out. There is a vein of regret mingling with the j^leasure with which this little work is dismissed from the hands of its author. It is occasioned by the immediate departure, from the scene of their successful labours, of the two gentlemen who have so ably super- intended the whole interior economy of the Crystal Palace, and under whose auspices the author's labours in the Catalogue Bureau were so agreeably performed. To Captain S. F. Dupont, U. S. N., and to Lieutenant C. H. Davis, U. S. N., the author acknowledges his obligations for the aid and courtesy they have constantly extended to him, during his official connection with them. They depart to fulfil the imperative duties of their respective stations, and leave all who have known them, either personally or officially, to regret that they could not conduct to its close, the Exhibition so successfully opened, and hitherto carried on, under their direction. The author avails himself of this opportunity, while introducing to the public his unpretending little manual, to refer to the " Illustrated Eecord''' of the Exhibition as a source of full information upon the principles and processes and results involved in this great display of human industry. If this manual should prove acceptable to the public, and useful to those who may consult its pages, the author will be rewarded for his care and toil in its preparation. Crystal Palaoe, C?c^.2S^A, 1853. CONTENTS. PAGE General View. Tlie Centre and leaves 9 DivisiOxV A. United States 26 Division B. Great Britain and Ireland 48 Division C. Belgium, Germany, and France 64 Division D. Italy, Austria, Holland, Hayti, "West Indies, British Provinces, Denmark, and United States 82 Machine Arcade, and Adjacent Courts 107 Gallery B. Great Britain and Ireland 1 20 Gallery C. Germany and France 132 Galleries D and A. Switzerland, Italy, Austria, and United States .' 144 Picture Gallery - 163 Mineralogical Cabinet 167 — A DAY IN THE |(el)j ftrk €xpkl lafate. GENEEAL YIEW. THE CENTRE AND NAVES. There are three grand entrances into the Crystal Entrances. Palace, at the north, west, and south extremities of the cross which its intersecting naves constitute the eastern extremity merging into the Machine Arcade. The visitor, entering at either of the gates, should proceed immediately to the centre, both for the fine covp d'osil which he will there obtain and for the convenience of starting upon the systematic tour of observation which this Manual is designed to point out. The view of the dome can hardly fail the Dome. to gratify and surprise the beholder, from the con- trast of its vast size and its extreme airiness. Springing from the columns which support it at the height of 70 feet, and with a diameter of 100 feet, it rises to the elevation of 123 feet at the crown, and is the largest dome in the Western World. Its slender ribs of iron seem inadequate to sustain its vast size, and it presents the appearance of a balloon expanded and impatient for a flight into the far-off sky. ^* t 10 A DAY IN THE Shape of the The sliape of the gronud upon which the building buildiufir. is erected, involved the necessity of a plan of con- struction quite unfavourable to that simplicity of arrano-ementO which obtained in tlie Ijondon Exhi- bition. There, the visitor's course was obviously in one direction, throughout the extreme length of the The grand parallelogram. four equal sections or divisions division. Here, present themselves to the spectator standing beneath the dome. These are separated by the arms of the cross, which are appropriately designated the naves of the building, extending from the centre in the directions of the cardinal points of the compass. Naves. These avenues are each forty-one feet wide, and cou- tain many of the most conspicuous objects of the Exhibition, embracing particularly the statuary in bronze and marble. Courts. The Divisions arc subdivided into Courts, —and these are appropriated to one or more of the distinct Classes iiito which all the objects upon exhibition have been carefully arranged. For the names of these classes, and the courts they occupy in the various countries, the visitor must consult the Official Classes of the Catalogue, to Avhich this Manual is a companion or Catiilofcue. guide, and which it is deemed injudicious to encum- ber with tabular plans already freely accessible. Firet steps. The first thing to be done after the inspection of the dome, and the general view of the building from Signs. the centre, is to observe the signs which are promi- nently displayed to indicate the different naves and divisions. It is of importance to know which is Korth, and which South—which is East, and which West ; for the interior of the Palace is a maze v>-hich readily bewilders the spectator.
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