With a Guide to the future Rules and Arrangements.
BY PETER BERLYN, ESQ.
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
ATHENÆUM.
"A well-written volume. A useful record of the history and progressive
development of the marking incident of our age and nation. Mr. Berlyn
was, we believe, officially employed by the Executive Committee in the
earlier stages of their labours; his statements, therefore, are on good
authority and may be relied on. The narrative is sufficiently full in its
details for the general public now and hereafter."
EXAMINER.
"This is a clever book, full of timely and interesting matter, and with
sufficient merit as a record of the origin and history of the Great
Exhibition to outlive the mere curiosity of the hour. Mr. Berlyn has had
official opportunities of becoming well acquainted with the subject, and
has not neglected them. He puts his materials together with spirit and
intelligence, and indulges a hopeful strain of anticipation and prophecy
very properly befitting his theme."
LITERARY GAZETTE.
"Within a small compass we have here gathered together all that is
interesting in connexion with the great undertaking of the present
year--an undertaking which must form a most important chapter in the
world's history. We are bound to say that the work has been judiciously
done, and the result is a very satisfactory review of all that has been
effected in the way of Industrial Exhibitions up to the present time."
MORNING CHRONICLE.
"GILBERT'S POPULAR NARRATIVE OF THE EXHIBITION.--With this title a small
work has just been published, written by Mr. Peter Berlyn, from authentic
and official sources, tracing the origin, history, and progress, and
pointing to the prospects, of the Great Exhibition. The author has
carefully avoided all speculation and gossip on the subject, and has
applied himself with very considerable ability to the statement and
elucidation of all those facts, derived from authentic records, which
bear upon the progress of this most important national movement. Many
interesting facts are stated in connexion with the previous expositions
which have taken place on the Continent and in this country, and the
difficulties with which, upon its first announcement, the present
undertaking had to contend, and the means by which the Executive were
enabled to overcome them, are clearly and consecutively stated. The work
also contains some valuable statistical and other information connected
with the building, and copies of the most recent of the regulations
issued by the Executive. We would cordially recommend this very
interesting work."
EXPOSITOR.
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