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LONDON, England, June 70

Letter HrCrm AsOuGoM-A
JiOn.
LONDON, England, June -
Correspondence Of the Chicago Times
The more than fifty thousand people " no dai-
ly visit the international exhibition, and who
have continued to do so since the admission fee
has been reduced to one shilling, attest how re-
ally grand and successful has been this last eff
fort to bring together and in contrast whatever
the skillfill labor of civilized nations has pro-
duced; and peoples we Judge not civilized have
sent the results Of their handiwOrk, but the SEN
timent of fellowship With the nations which in
duced them to be represented in the Worlds In-
dustrial Exhibition marks progress which we
would not infer from the achievements OF their
art. There is a difference centuries wide be
tween Madagascar, with its rude mat OF twisted
tree bark, and France, with its splendid Gobelln
tapestry, as vital with beautiful forms as the
canvas of master painter but there is no diff
ference between Madagascar and France in the
seatiment which brings the best products OF the
art of each into the exhibition. Islands hld
away in the far OcocEs, of whose names we nave
scarcely heard since our school days, and OF
whose inhabitants the most we remember Is
strong tendency to man-esting, are here repre-
Sented, if not by attractive work OF loom, by,
at least, preserved snakes, birds OF bright plam-
age, ard woods capable Of marvellous polisA.
Every one, think, experiences sense of be
wilderment on first entering the building, and
an effort OF analysis and classification OF its
contents seems beyond the reach Of the most pa
tient industry. hrty acres of land, when used
for farmers purposes, is a quantity easily COM
pretended, easily known how long it !skes to
plow and plant il but when such number of
acres is used to hold silks and laces, engines and
Armstrong cannon and this qusntity duplicated
by galleries. it bacOmes an incomprelensible
magnitude TIE galleries of the British and
foreign schools of painting contain many of the
finest pictures in the world and recall 70 us the
most ilIustrious names of the art; and the grace
ful forms which marble has been made to as
sumo assure US that the trick of the early Greeks
is rs wei understood in our own time IS in that
of Phidias "ZsuOJia" by Miss HosmeT, is
rare work. attracting much attention and OF
which lis author and her American countrynen
may well be proud This, with the inevitable
Eve, and one OF two other statues b7 Powers,
constitutes the contribution of American art.
The industrial department devoted TO the United
States very poorly represents its mechanical
skill 1t had been much better if on, country
men had not sent anything TO the exhilitio", for,
notwithstanding the contributions nay be the
best Of their kind, yet the whole department
shows 50 meageIly, in contrast with these Of eth
er nations, that the result is not flittering TO
AmeTlC0n pIlue. Inc eU0TJS OI SlUgR luQlVlUu-
ais to place their works Ia the exhibition are re-
garded as the efforts of the Rspubici and,
however creditable these may be and are, it is
rot to be expected that unaided individual effort
would be equal TO such repTesentationcf Ameri-
can art ard mechanical skill as would exclGde
damaging comparison.
The articles which are exhbitedin the United
States department, however, are enoughtO show
WI at our country could do in such peaceful ma
tional rivalry.
The Mccormick reaper attracts much atten-
ton, ss also some machinery for sewing the soles
and pairing the heels of boots and shoes; bat,
unless the gentlemen who have it in charge to
distribute medals are Inaccessible t) the inhu-
ences which seem TO control the minds OF Eng
lishmen, American exhibitors vii probably
avoid disappointment by not expecting prizes.
London is full, not like its Thames, without
o'eIhowing full" but absolutely overfowiDg
with sight-seers, so as TO make Il difficult to get
admission into hotels.
The crowds that surge through the neves of the
exhibition building during the day fill operas,
theaters, and all places OF amusement at night,
much TO the profit of managers and cabmen
Adalira Pats. Wh0 is considered sn American
OUInIiDuuOn, IS singing at CGvent Garden lie
sovereign price Of admission does not deter
the multitude, and, you wish to secure a seat,
| it is as well to apply day or two in advance
| But the crowd is everywhere, at the Tower,
/ Westminster, wherever there are places of his
/ tOric interest or amusement-aot people born
within the sound of the Bow Bells, but people
/ from the wide, wide world"
OCCASIONAL.