Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’ Notes: Italics text has been transcribed between _underscores_, bold face text between =equal signs=, and blackletter text between ~tildes~. ^{text} represents superscript text. Small capitals have been replaced by ALL CAPITALS. The [T] in the Journal represents the symbol rather than the letter T; the [TH] and [T] in Discovery of the Ancient Cities represent a large TH ligature and a large T respectively. More Transcriber’s Notes may be found at the end of this text. [Illustration: VIEW OF BUILDING FROM THE NORTH.] THE PALACE AND PARK: ITS NATURAL HISTORY, AND ITS PORTRAIT GALLERY, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE POMPEIAN COURT. IN THE UNDERMENTIONED GUIDES: 1. PALACE AND PARK; 2. PORTRAIT GALLERY; 3. ETHNOLOGY & NATURAL HISTORY. 4. EXTINCT ANIMALS; 5. POMPEIAN COURT; [Illustration] CRYSTAL PALACE LIBRARY, CRYSTAL PALACE, SYDENHAM. 1859. GUIDE TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND ITS ~Park and Gardens.~ BY SAMUEL PHILLIPS. A NEWLY ARRANGED AND ENTIRELY REVISED EDITION, BY F. K. J. SHENTON. WITH NEW PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, AND AN INDEX OF PRINCIPAL OBJECTS. [Illustration] CRYSTAL PALACE LIBRARY; CRYSTAL PALACE, SYDENHAM. 1859. LONDON: ROBERT K. BURT, PRINTER, HOLBORN HILL. PART I. PRELIMINARY AND INTRODUCTION. NOTE.--This Division of the Guide-Book contains the _Index to Principal Objects_; and the _Company’s Official Announcements_; with the _Refreshment Tariff_; an _Introduction_ to the General Guide-book; and an _Account of the Building_. ADVERTISEMENT. The arrangement of the present edition has been made with the view of simplifying, as much as possible, the reference to particular objects; as well as of enabling the visitor to regularly explore with advantage every portion of the Crystal Palace. The splendid Botanical Collection, now thoroughly acclimatised, and very complete, is described as fully as the nature of the book will permit. PREFACE TO ORIGINAL EDITION. The following pages are presented to the public as a brief but connected and carefully prepared account of the exterior and interior of the Crystal Palace. It is believed that no important or interesting object in connexion with the Exhibition is without its record in this little volume; although, in so vast a collection of works of architecture, sculpture, and industrial manufacture, it is clearly impossible to compress within the limits of a General Hand-book all the information which is necessary to satisfy the visitor desirous of precise and accurate knowledge of the numberless objects offered to his contemplation.