The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-20

Ifrom the London Times April
Now that the building for The exhibition l. corple ID
and largo proportion Of the contributions la, been
received, when the centre aisle begins fill with the
trophies ot industry and art and when foreign nations
are III actual occupation Of the spaces allotted - them
when everything ems TO promise gnfccnt opening
and brilliant success to the undcrii king the public
viii be anxious to know something about the assistance
they are to have IN fully apreeiang the wonders they
invited TO inspect Orderly the classified ton 81
articles may be found and easy as il may be from the
arrangements adopted 10 eomprthcn by tho eye alone
the comparative merits Of the display in each scc;ion
the purposes If Studious, careful and instructive
paton further aid is necessary Catalogue are indis
pensabc to enable visitors traverse nelgony those
long passages and galleries either side of which the
products of the world ins are to be sposed They
serve other and even useful purposes also The, fur
nish the information which exhibitors expect aud
quirc to be given of their respective contributions,
ard on which the commercial benefits lik,iy to re-
suit from this peaceful rivalry of nations my
be most securely founded. They Will form after
the display has terininated, the most auhsilic
and the fullest record o its character and ts
parts To them those who wish 70 mark the ind usria
progress cthe world in day will for informaliou
and from their lrei but significant entries the pathways
alorg which inventive genius has already travelled o"
advantageously be directed here acr be
rately ascertaiEed Catalogues form perhaps the M st
dcspised species Of literary production their usefulness
and interest are limited To the particular collection
items Of which they register While that collection
lasts, the specification Of what il contains l. in demand
but seldom any longer Then the dry aud uaatraetire
form Of such WORKS rcpls attention and renders cmbc
lshmen ofany Kind almost impossible The catalogues
Ter the Exhibition seem To admit OF bic depar
ture from that chara cter. clear field Of commercial
and scientific interest is open them; their usefu,-
bandbooks to the display ia Hyde Park ly no
eshauts the claims which If well complied they
must possess public attention. Some time ago the
Royal Commission very wisely determined to have this
important part uf the work connected with the Exhibition
performed by contract; ind IN compliance with this
luton they accepted the joint terms offered them by pi
e.r frothcrs the wholesale stationcrs and Mesr Cloves
the well known prnter in Duke street Stamford
The contractors y; n handsome for the privilege
thus conceded TO them. and bound themselves by
ain conditions which sufficiently protected the rights
a'a interests OF the public, aud Of exhitors asanst
the virtual monopoly thus obtained Among these
ditions that The email catalogues attpted for
general should be- so in the building for Ia. aud
should contain the and address Of sshbitor
as wen ~ short description II his contributions in the
precise order in which they were arranged AMI with
system q rciercnre BY letters and numbers that would
ennide visitors IL hnd any cxhbitur's position without
difhcuty This work will extend to 80 pages. and sill
contain the Of about $4,000 cxlyisiors Yet
siihs ndng its size, and The large paid iy the
tractors for he exclusive privilege the, eojoy the price
only to lie IT, An imrcensr sale Of THE ntcsl Caa-
loe n y called H. art eipated and tle first edition
t. he thrown of ext,nds To 50noo copies srnsations
Of this work in French ami German wl appcHs. like the
original by thc lst OF May, whcn the
under heavy penalty bound 10 bring IL out Besides
nounce uhcia illustrated Catalogue ro-srining
more detailed Notice. Of the articles exhibited EN-
bfihshed with ensraviug annctatcd by gentlemen OF
interesting matter connected with the exhibition. Tas
work Of whicn tae smaller catalogue IL in point of heta
very condensed abstract will be of extreme value to all
sho wish 70 avail T nelvcs If the opportunity which
promised display In ylc Park oilers study aud infpr
riat N. The matter. mn- NJ IL does from thou
sana contributors. will. notwithstanding the super
vision TO heh II has been subjected present striking
varieties Of style, and be curious n literary medley
tAs respect 1t II satisfactory To think that the cdo-
rial stan as been W y and carefully sclcctel aud thst
ncihiag which add H. the interest of th RI; wiu
L~ sacrificed that Le preser, ed consistently vii IT,
size AMI its main objects Net some points the in
strncons that have boon issued the correction
rey-ioe - the proofs propSisc Immense amount of
what J. technically called cutting down. process
ctuei la leter In warfare and under which exhibitors
arr kef = suffer severity All sell arde!ory remarks
are to hc reorcles-y excluded and contrhutoga will hr
d"barrct from every form Of the pun laid do"n by
it, great master IN sheridan's play A. the mode IL
annotaiins adopted, those oe will b. selected r the
PURPOSE whch arr IN themselves the most interesting
and suggestive The notes to be short clear, and
definite rosihc, and - lave reference chiefly 90 the
usrs history consumption. the production as the arii-
clcs 10 the description of which they appended Al
critical clrry ainns b. avoided anl every prpra-
tiun l. 10 be- taken To- rrccr, thu impartia ehaetet ii
thc work st the tine that y r,ndcrc, worthy
NJ ~, rial OF TIC great oecnsou which has called Il Forth
There are no les than tNcnty five rcb emeu II cent
requirements IN thrir respective II p4,ucn ~ science
cngngcd w the abors " revision ann nlion, compia
ton MIL dsfcripti,e cmlcllislru Whatever success
therefore attends the production will not hc waiting
III cnfr'dan intelligent -nIfrV~on oi IT. nt triou~
concnis The editorial tn inglude. the ~ seven
professors. and ~ tire let ot-crve th ce. nrled
baron Liebig Zach appears % have been cueiaily
lcci for The particular branch a. section cte Wh ia e
most competent To preside; nor tue advantage of
heh practical talc ri aud cxricnee atst criiirsd
:" the"rcic attninmcnts. tor among thc number We
olecryc Mr. Maudslay Mr. 4. p,ait; ami others
IT." scientific revision aud preparation 81 tl,e work
10 NJ frtsrt Hills. mo Hl.fpfUat Ntff-
aueiion g. Mr coir; the account - the Cry td Palace
" Ar nigly Wyatt; and tn task If eamr1at ~ To
Nr Nspp. In account II the formation sui prcpara-
ton ct the catalogues aud various papers geology
mtsfalesy. and physical science with rral and
stattcrl documents. will b. included this grat
cnrd ~ the worlds Industrial pra-rrs which viii
tain about 500 illustrations "a the fret edition, ani in
trcce ding one. siih larger nUMbr ThrsC ilustta-
tohs viii not ~ confined tD artistic subjects aud Tho
purposes of embellishments mcrcly but w3h cpaprssc pa
tented Inventions diagrams maps. and other cNhibs Il
nftccs sud TINS BE- Va strict Leep'ng With tn uti'iia
ran character ~ the rourrui d"sigu. An 81 httnrs.
wartr natiNr ~ foign who anxious ~ haft thcir
contributions property noticed IN the cGiria rsgcrs
thus N pr ecs of frrrpHraon should oc ID" iiAe In Tor
waFing their drseriptinu AMI Nustrat"ns 20 ihe cont
tractcrs The materials for thr completion come slowly
- especially from abroad and thert i great danger that
tr ttay thrs urinr may cause serious df eui'ics hon
the timc FIR publication arrives 1lc cusofuhouso iu
thoriti,s lave stretched point In ordur thst iv ra-
TON oI"rcgn contributors m sht hc admitted cn ~"
s'nc favorable terms r. our own rcopic enjoy and ~
r,ndor their publications accessible 60 al classs -
vstcrs the contractors have a. lernne 60 ~ Them IN
iati - wt ~ holc ~ that tho~c wao wih I" e1nhe
ther sp'riNt attention 10 particular dlNtions ~ tt
iuilug amy not bc compelled purchase H. haui
books o. other divisions which they have dcrc y IL
sne,t minut"lv. ut there HINT. g. tus
arrangement, hut the gpneral vrncirlc Will Far a. u
i ptaccabc b. carried out Hs Hnya llrhnrss Frinrc
Ahcr, has understand suggested three vcry sprro
ptiatc mutoes 10 b. affixed to the cat t'urs-ane ~
English. taken from the Bible, aud two from ltii
authors.
Itwasa mstter of speculation 10 everybody. lat
tnn'. how IN the space q i've or x months hu,ldnS
which was to cover eighteen acrrs ~ ground could ~
cfcitd hcsNfs. Fox and HrndersOn havc tutce~.tHly
solved that difficulty Now the question a"s how tn
catalogues are ~ bc completed with ony few days in
tervcnin1 between the labnrs of compilation nnd thc
time hycd for publication. Tho expedition With which
newspapers arc published furnishes fair criterion ~
the task here To- be accomplished. book cannot he
thrown on 81 beet like the broad sheet AMI y = mot
ono book but serics ~ volumes that promised
by the contractors. the lat of May They announce
four distinct records-'wo IN English one N French
and one W German. of what the Crytal Palace VIII
contain Now. how " this 90 be done How, with Tue
scual contributions sent In 10 the exhibition uncertain
10 the list moment the public by the 1t u May W
enabled TO buy handbook 10 the little world ~ won
dcrs then thrown open to their long rcnt up curiosity
visit to the printing establishment a the Mcs-rs.
cloves will explain the mystery within that vast cs-
tabihment there are no less than twenty hve steam
printing machines of these. two large enough To
throw on at each revolution ~ peg.s Of the small caia
lorue five 10 throw OF ~ pages and eight 70 throw OF
- With such facilities at their disposal the contractors
entertain no icnrs to the accomplishment Of what
they have Undertaken. OF COURSE. they have already
had large portion of tho matter set up In iypc, and
- they gct parts completed. they make their Pre-
pnrations accordingly. But much of the labor