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THE PARIS EXHIBITION. 273
CHAPTER XXVI.
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
When we have informed our readers that the Official
Catalogue of the British section occupies nearly twelve hun-
dred closely printed pages, and that we have but a few leaves
at our disposal to condense this matter therein, we hope it
will be a sufficient apology for all omissions and short-com-
ings.
The contents of the British section are for the most part
highly interesting, but the tout ensemble does not offer that
commanding aspect which might be expected from the greatest
industrial nation in the world. This is owing partly to the
small space doled out to the generality of exhibitors, partly to
the want of regular arrangement, every one having displayed
his own wares with true British independence without the
slightest attempt to make them harmonize with those of his
neighbour. .
Imbued with the same spirit of irregularity, we shall perform
our task at random, and commence with the most attractive
spot, the Jewellers' Court. There we are always sure to
meet a bevy of fair and fashionable ladies ; like butterflies
alighting on the most brilliant flowers, they crowd round
these cases which shine with a thousand lights, and seem
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CHAPTER XXVI.
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
When we have informed our readers that the Official
Catalogue of the British section occupies nearly twelve hun-
dred closely printed pages, and that we have but a few leaves
at our disposal to condense this matter therein, we hope it
will be a sufficient apology for all omissions and short-com-
ings.
The contents of the British section are for the most part
highly interesting, but the tout ensemble does not offer that
commanding aspect which might be expected from the greatest
industrial nation in the world. This is owing partly to the
small space doled out to the generality of exhibitors, partly to
the want of regular arrangement, every one having displayed
his own wares with true British independence without the
slightest attempt to make them harmonize with those of his
neighbour. .
Imbued with the same spirit of irregularity, we shall perform
our task at random, and commence with the most attractive
spot, the Jewellers' Court. There we are always sure to
meet a bevy of fair and fashionable ladies ; like butterflies
alighting on the most brilliant flowers, they crowd round
these cases which shine with a thousand lights, and seem
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