The World's Fair: Or, Children's prize gift book of the Great Exhibition of 1851 : describing the beautiful inventions and manufactures exhibited therein : with pretty stories about the people who have made and sent them : and how they live when at home. — John Shaqi
The World's Fair: Or, Children's prize gift book of the Great Exhibition of 1851 : describing the beautiful inventions and manufactures exhibited therein : with pretty stories about the people who have made and sent them : and how they live when at home.Anonymous
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The World's Fair: Or, Children's prize gift book of the Great Exhibition of 1851 : describing the beautiful inventions and manufactures exhibited therein : with pretty stories about the people who have made and sent them : and how they live when at home.
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Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) -- Juvenile literature
Along the centre of the aisle, or chief walk, are arranged colossal
statues, pillars of marble, beautiful fountains, magnificent feathers,
crystals of alum, crystals of spermaceti oil, specimens of silk
manufactures, from Spitalfields; and fine cutlery, from Sheffield.
There is also an immense dome of iron and glass, forty feet high
which looks very astonishing; and a curious Russian chain bridge,
which is very ingeniously made. Besides these, we have a gigantic
telescope, which attracts a great deal of attention from the crowd of
people who are walking down the aisle.
In the nave there are several beautiful pieces of sculpture. One is a
colossal group, representing St. Michael conquering Satan; another is
a figure of the celebrated warrior, Godfrey of Bouillon, mounted on
horseback; and a third, is an Amazon, who is just about to hurl her
javelin at a ferocious tiger, who has fastened on the neck and
shoulders of her frightened horse. Here is also a figure of Mazeppa on
the wild horse, which is extremely well made, and, perhaps, reminds
those of my little friends who have seen the play of "Mazeppa" at
Astley's Amphitheatre, of the scenes where poor Mazeppa was carried
along on the terrible horse's back, through brambles, thorns, and
crashing boughs. But what have we here? A grim-looking growling bronze
lion, from Bavaria, who glares at us as if he would be only too glad
to eat us up if he were alive, and does not seem at all the kind of
beast one would like to shake hands, or rather paws, with.
We have a charming representation of Reinecke Fox's adventures, by
means of stuffed animals, in the German portion of the Exhibition. The
expression of the different animals is very funny, and makes us laugh
to almost an inconvenient degree. The first group represents the fox,
with his rosary in his hand, confessing his sins to the cock, who is
listening very gravely, and reading him a sermon on his wickedness.
The next group shows the tom-cat, coming to summon Master Reinecke to
court, to answer the accusations brought against him; the fox sets
out, and on his way wounds a poor hare, whom he carries with him. But
we cannot stay to notice all the groups now; only we must just glance
at the fox lying on the sheep's skin, after his repast, for here
Master Reinecke's expression shows him to be so well satisfied and
comfortable that it is very droll.
In the Russian division we may observe a most magnificent pair of
candlesticks of bronze, gilt, which look exceedingly sparkling and
brilliant, and are the first objects that meet our eyes as we enter
the department.
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