Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 93, August 9, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 93, August 9, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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made by our correspondent, and should be glad to see it carried out--but
we fear it is quite impracticable._
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SOCIETY OF ARTS, ADELPHI, LONDON.--PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISES on the
various Departments of the GREAT EXHIBITION, which shall set forth the
peculiar Advantages to be derived from each by the Arts, Manufactures,
and Commerce of the Country.
The Council offer, in the name of the Society, the large MEDAL and
25_l._ for the best, and the Society's small Medal and 10_l._ for
the second best, Treatise on the Objects exhibited in the Section
of Raw Materials and Produce.
A large Medal and 25_l._ for the best, and a small Medal and
10_l._ for the second best, Treatise on the Objects exhibited in
the Section of Machinery.
A large Medal and 25_l._ for the best, and a small Medal and
10_l._ for the second best, Treatise on the Objects exhibited in
the Section of Manufactures.
A large Medal and 25_l._ for the best, and a small Medal and
10_l._ for the second best, Treatise on the Objects exhibited in
the Section of Fine Arts.
Each Treatise must occupy, as nearly as possible, eighty pages of
the size of the Bridgwater Treatises.
The Society will also award its large Medal and 25 guineas for the
best General Treatise upon the Exhibition, treated Commercially,
Politically, and Statistically; and small Medals for the best
Treatises on any Special Object or Class of Objects exhibited.
The successful Treatises are to be the Property of the Society;
and should the Council see fit, they will cause the same to be
printed and published, awarding to the Author the net amount of
any profit which may arise from the publication after the payment
of the expenses.
The Competing Treatises are to be written on foolscap paper,
signed with a motto in the usual manner, and delivered at the
Society's House on or before the THIRTIETH OF NOVEMBER, 1851,
addressed to George Grove, Esq., Secretary, from whom additional
particulars may be learned.
By order of the Council,
GEORGE GROVE, Sec.
Adelphi, June 1. 1851.
THE PRIMÆVAL ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND ILLUSTRATED BY THOSE OF DENMARK.
THE PRIMÆVAL ANTIQUITIES OF DENMARK.
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