The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-06
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| The NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE -WHAT THE
| HERALD HAS Done FOR 1.-THE RECEIPTS OF THE
| EXHIBITION AND THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR,
CONFERENCE.-THE Crystal Palace has now been
open to the public exactly three weeks, and
during that time we have not allowed single
day to pass without devoting portion of our
| valuable space to description of its contents
and an account Of its progress. We have done
this for the information Of those who visited the
| exhibition and who had no means Of obtaining
it except by tedious process of investigation.
1t has been our object to give not only des-
| cription of the articles displayed, but sketch
of the manufacture, invention, discovery
and use of each. In this way we have en-
| deavored to render visit to this museum
| Of industry means of instruction as we'll
| as a matter Of curiosity. To many the
discovery of the art Of making glass, and other
indispensable requisites Of civilized life, and the
! process by which it is manufactured, were en-
tirely unknown until we published it in the col
umns of the HERALD. All that was useful or
| beautiful in art, new labor-saving inventions,
or the creations Of artistic genius. have been Sc
| lected for particular notice; while tair share
| OF onr time and space has been given to the
| contributions from different nations. with the
strictest impartiality. The United States
| France, England. Germany, Italy-in fact all
nations represented at our exhibition--even
Mexico. which has sent only small case OF In
dian curiosities and few wax toys-all have been
noticed, and the merits and faults of each fully
and frankly presented and discussed. The elabo-
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unrivalled porcelain Of France. the wonderful
mechanical inventions of our own country, the
splendid creations Of Italian genius the curosi-
ties from that unknown country, Japan, the ex-
quisite specimens Of jewelry from Switzerland,
the magnificent statuary from Denmark, which
| alone would do edit to any nation, have all
been made fal Ear to our readers With thou
sands, the elaborate descriptions published in
the HERALD from day to day have served all the
purposes Of a catalogue, and have been con-
SANITY referred to by those visiting the ex-
hibition
Our work is not yet done; there is much
more to be described; and it is our intention to
notice all that is really deserving Of attention.
From the opening of the Crystal Palace to the
present time, our accounts of the various arti-
cles therein exhibited, and the progress Of the
exhibition, have extended over eighty-four
columns Of the HERALD. Some idea Of the ex-
tent ofthe space which we have devoted to the
subject may be formed from the fact that what
we have already published would form an
octave volume Of between three and four hun
dred pages.
We have done this without regard to the diff
terent impressions that may have prevailed
among different classes regarding the charac-
ter of the exhibition, content to leave that
matter at first to the Judgment of the
public, which is almost invariably correct and
reliable. The comparatively limited patron
age which it has received has. we believe dis
appointed large number who were most san
guine Of its immediate success; but it must be
allowed that it has labored under many disad-
vantages, from which the London Exhibition
and others have been entirely exempt. With
out, therefore. expressing any opinion at pre-
sent in relation to it, we propose merely to pre-
sent the amount Of daily receipts and the num-
Der Of visiters. since the 18th OF July-two DAYS
after it was opened. The two frstdays' receipts
have not been made public, but we believe they
amounted in the aggregate to eighteen hundred
dollars This is merely an estimate, and in the
calculation of the total receipts must not be
COMPOUNDED with the official reports. The fol-
lowing table gives, also. the number of persons
admitted on season tickets, and the transient
visiters-
Cash Season Transient
Date. Receipts. Tickets Yts,tes.
July Is (estd).. 300 90 1000 500
l6 testd) =. 100 90 I,2UO 1900