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88. -THE GKEAT EXHIBITION"
No, a store of mighty.import will with each and all return,
Till the world shall "by the scattering—more than by the gathering—earn.
As the seeds of costly spice-trees by the Indian birds are spread,
So;, by all my guests returning, precious seeds will wide be shed;
Seeds of peace, good-will to nations—seeds of useful arts untried,
With whose growths the world hereafter will be glad from tide to tide.'
((The deep voice ceased : and, when I raised my head, ■
Grey morn sat in the East, and I!wa.s snug a-bed!" '
CHAPTER XVI.
CLOSING OF THE GEEAT EXHIBITION.
PUBLIC BEGBET—NUMEROUS VISITORS—GBEAT EXCITEMENT— VOCAL ATTEMPTS—STATISTICS—
PI10GNOSTICS—A LAST LOOK.
" Last scene of all-—" .....
We, have thus far endeavoured, in the limited -space afforded, us in the pages of this
work, to give an account of some portion of what was most worthy of record, in the
splendid though brief existence of the great wonder of the age, that so lately reared its
stately form among the venerable trees and delicious shades of London's most frequented
and celebrated park. We have conducted our not unwilling readers along the various -
mazes of the fairy edifice, and pointed out to them its vast display of tributary wealth,
collected from every known region of the globe; we have commented upon the rare
products of science and of art-that on every side were profusely offered to their view,
and, aided by the magic powers of the daguerreotype, and the skill of an accomplished
engraver, have even presented a majority of the most esteemed of them, as well as a
large number of comprehensive views of the building itself, with all its moving mul-
titudes and variety of objects, in mimic reality before the eye and approving judgment
of the connoisseur. We- have also indulged in many a pleasing anticipation as to the
future benefit to be reaped by mankind from so friendly an emulation, so pacific a contest,
among the various nations of the earth, that in times past were accustomed to hold
themselves entirely aloof from each other, or only to meet in hostile array upon the
tented field. " '
Our pleasing labours are now nearly at an end: it remains, however, that, as we
have described at some length the ceremonies that took place on the day of opening,
we should give an account of those that were observed on that of its closing, which
we shall accordingly forthwith proceed to do, in the eloquent language of the Times,
upon that memorable occasion;—
"On Saturday, the 11th of October, the Great Exhibition closed its wonderful career,
and the public took their last farewell of its splendours. After being open for five
months and eleven days, and concentrating in that time a larger amount of admiration
than has probably ever been given, within the'same period, to the works of man, the
pageant terminates, the doors of the Crystal Palace no longer yield to the " open
sesame" of money, and in a few days hence thousands of hands-will be busily engaged in
removing all those triumphs of human skill, and those evidences of naturakwealth which
the world was assembled to behold. It was natural that such an event should be
No, a store of mighty.import will with each and all return,
Till the world shall "by the scattering—more than by the gathering—earn.
As the seeds of costly spice-trees by the Indian birds are spread,
So;, by all my guests returning, precious seeds will wide be shed;
Seeds of peace, good-will to nations—seeds of useful arts untried,
With whose growths the world hereafter will be glad from tide to tide.'
((The deep voice ceased : and, when I raised my head, ■
Grey morn sat in the East, and I!wa.s snug a-bed!" '
CHAPTER XVI.
CLOSING OF THE GEEAT EXHIBITION.
PUBLIC BEGBET—NUMEROUS VISITORS—GBEAT EXCITEMENT— VOCAL ATTEMPTS—STATISTICS—
PI10GNOSTICS—A LAST LOOK.
" Last scene of all-—" .....
We, have thus far endeavoured, in the limited -space afforded, us in the pages of this
work, to give an account of some portion of what was most worthy of record, in the
splendid though brief existence of the great wonder of the age, that so lately reared its
stately form among the venerable trees and delicious shades of London's most frequented
and celebrated park. We have conducted our not unwilling readers along the various -
mazes of the fairy edifice, and pointed out to them its vast display of tributary wealth,
collected from every known region of the globe; we have commented upon the rare
products of science and of art-that on every side were profusely offered to their view,
and, aided by the magic powers of the daguerreotype, and the skill of an accomplished
engraver, have even presented a majority of the most esteemed of them, as well as a
large number of comprehensive views of the building itself, with all its moving mul-
titudes and variety of objects, in mimic reality before the eye and approving judgment
of the connoisseur. We- have also indulged in many a pleasing anticipation as to the
future benefit to be reaped by mankind from so friendly an emulation, so pacific a contest,
among the various nations of the earth, that in times past were accustomed to hold
themselves entirely aloof from each other, or only to meet in hostile array upon the
tented field. " '
Our pleasing labours are now nearly at an end: it remains, however, that, as we
have described at some length the ceremonies that took place on the day of opening,
we should give an account of those that were observed on that of its closing, which
we shall accordingly forthwith proceed to do, in the eloquent language of the Times,
upon that memorable occasion;—
"On Saturday, the 11th of October, the Great Exhibition closed its wonderful career,
and the public took their last farewell of its splendours. After being open for five
months and eleven days, and concentrating in that time a larger amount of admiration
than has probably ever been given, within the'same period, to the works of man, the
pageant terminates, the doors of the Crystal Palace no longer yield to the " open
sesame" of money, and in a few days hence thousands of hands-will be busily engaged in
removing all those triumphs of human skill, and those evidences of naturakwealth which
the world was assembled to behold. It was natural that such an event should be