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the building a limited space. It is a land of free trade,
mountainous^ and without facility of communication; and
nevertheless it has acquired a very distinguished rank in
European industry. It is really wonderful to see the ele-
gance of its Basle and Zurich ribbons, its embroidered
muslins, its taffetas, and its velvets, worthy to vie with the
school of Lyons, whence, doubtless, they derive their origin.
Austria, although it leaves much to be desired on the score
of taste, even in its Bohemian glass—and although exhibit-

possible to attempt expressing a serious and profound «*•
mon on so many-chefs d'auvre, and on the rektiveTate
each country Suffice it to sky, that, as regards til
our manufacturers of Lyons, of Mulhouse, of Tarar aS
of Boubaix, had scarcely commenced the arrangement of
their goods, notwithstanding the zeal and diligence of th,
Commissioner-General, M. Sallandrouze, whose attend
and courtesy are above all praise. It certainly wafS
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mg a great want of design in its exquisitely-carved furni-
ture—still merits an honourable place by the side of the
Zollverem and of Kussia, which seem to exhibit more life
and progress.

( I will not at this stage venture to hazard a premature
judgment. It is only after an attentive and comparative
study of all these innumerable products that it will be

station at Paris were not displayed sooner. But we shall
have lost nothing by waiting ; and I dare to assert that, in
spite of numerous gaps, the French exhibition will ever
be what it ever has been in our own country, as elsewhere,
unique for good taste, gracefulness, and elegance in every
department.