New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-03
THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

II IL not often that articles on various subjects from
a daily newspaper, that have already been laid be:
fore lafmillcn of readers, are collected into book
for more convenient preservation and use. One or
two volumes have however, thus been composed from
Tie London Tines Mr.. gOEERr WALSH some fifteen
or twenty years ago, made up volume Of articles
from The National Ga-oee. And these are the only
cases we now remember where such publications have
been demanded or undertaken third instance is
now before us in the form of neat volume, issued by
Mr. j. s. Rcdfeld entitled Ar! and Industry as repre-
serted at The Crystal Palace, Nsc York-l5534 St0r-
"ing The Progress and Siate of tie Vari0as Usat and
.Tsiietie Pursuits From THE NETWORK TRIBUNE.
Rerised and Edited By HORACE GREELEY
There have been written in all FOX THE TRIBUNE on
the Crystal Palace foryegh long and elaborate ar!l
clee, embracing descriptions Of large majority OF the
contributions in the most important branches OF Ia
dustry Besides this we have had oeca-on to discuss
c inauguration spirit aud progress generally OF the
institution in question: and our observations on these
subjects lave been copied into many hundred naespa-
pers and have been widely adopted as social and
political texts for mechanics and artists throughout
the country These articles have also been included
in Mr. Redfelds publication The whole together
makes, with an introduction specially prepared in
TIE TRIBUNE Office literally stocked volume Of
some four hundred pages.
These ESSAYS on Art and Industry have the advantage
of being specaltiss in their several departments or
in other words the writers have treated subjects with
which they were familiar. Being daguerreotyped from
the objects themselves and not dry abstract treases
they have been found by readers to possess vitality
which is the chief charm of literature. Rapid sketches,
concentrated discussions, square-cut comparisons OF
the vast array of things which the elite Of civilized
efoft can be found in this work the Crystal Palace
Tie reader is put in possession of the artistic scientific
and practical knowledge of the contributors to the
volume set forth in the language which is peculiar to
journalism, and which, in our opinion when rightly eA'
pressed the true model of writing 1t combines great
amount of positive information probably more Variea
and calculated to be more directly instructive than can
be found elsewhere in the same space 1t addresses
itself equally to the artist the workman, the savant or
the general student AS far it goes 1t faithfully re-
fleets the mind and industry Of the age in which we
live and does equal justice to either hemisphere Tree
from partially or prejudice Whoever reads 1t Is not
ignorant Of the most important conquests when the
human intelligence has made nature, or Of the
rich means OF further improvement now at the COM
mand Of man.
This work will we think be found the truest history
in the long run of the Crystal Palace for the reasons
we have set forth. Some Pompous scribe may tell US
Of the Inauguration as honoring Art and Industry THE
TRII NJ painted it it really was, barbarsm and
ponitor to the Artist and Workman Of the country to
DO their own thinking and acting andnot delegate it to
those who have neither knowledge ability to do It,
Some literary ackofalltrades may glow over bad aFt
misdirected ingenuity, or spurious claims to orig'
nality rs displayed in the Crystal Palace but the
efsays from TIE TRIBUNE, written, as we know they
are by competent hands will teach the reader to dis
crimnate-to distinguish the gOOdfrOm the bad the new
FROM the old the real from the false, the great from
tie little, the useful from that which has no use IA
such it's contents are confidently submitted to the Gig
ment of the public who, however, by demanding them
in this FORM have already pronounced tie most Avora
bic verdict upon them.