Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-02
THE PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1867.

On the lst of Ap,il of next year, the Frencl
 Government stands pledged before the worlt
 to have the gates of the greatest Universal Ey
 hlo,tion which has ever yet taken place throwr
 open to the vistants from the four quarters oi
 the habltable globe expected to be present a
 thls triumph of modern civilization. I0no | before that period the most marvellous collec tion of the products of human ingenuity and
 industry ever brought together in one spot l will have been poured into France, and been
 distributed, according to their various cassiG
 cations, within the construction on the Chamr
 de Mars. Every day brings the public some
 further details of the contemplated Exhibition
 some new modification of the interior o,
 outer arrangements and some of these are of so novel character as to promise grati6ca-
 ton to all tastes and to the most curious inves tigators.
 UT the building itself. the idea and arrange
 ment Is exceedingly simple The plan is evi-
 dentlY an elongatc re production from a Ro
 man amphitheatre, with flattened sides and
 semi-circular extremities The structure it.
 self IS to cover thirty-six acres of ground, and
 IS elllptlcal. form eminently suited to arrange
 ment and classification, although offering some
 serlous disadvantages as far as general
 coup G@it is concerned. Indeed, although as
 magnificent receptacle of the products of
 industry the building will stald unrivalled
 Tn point of effect, it is admitted that it will fall
 very short Of that produced by the first London
 Exhibition of 1851, or indeed, of the still ex- isting palace at Sydenham. All the products exhibited are classified in ten leading divisions which again are subdivided into ninety-five classes. The ten divisions comprise Works of art materials and applications of labor to art furniture and household articles clothing and personal equipments; mining and it's rough products Instruments and machines food, fresh and prepared living agricultural products and specimens of practice horticul- tural products and practice ; and lastly, objects adapted to the amelioration of the physical and moral condition of the populations of the earth. Each of these ten groups will occupy one of the elliptical concentric rings running with the form of the structure, while to each nation will be allotted section of the ground floor, running from the outside to the centre. This arrangement will enable any one moving from the outside to the centre by tyansverse passage, to See everything produced by each several nation, while on the contrary, by nov ing round the building, such an one can inspect successively all the articles of the same sort which the world produces. The circular gal leries as well as the sectional passages will bo spacious and lofty, and every facility for circu- lating in and out the building will be afford ed by means of numerous outlets
 In all it's inner arrangements of Exhib- tion of 1867, it will be perceived, only differs from previous 9pas- in the amelioratiQns which and in the greater extensi on. afforded where exhibitors are expected to be more numerous, and from more varied portions of the world. It is in the outward surroundings of the Palace, therefore, that the greater innovations are to be looked for and if everything is accom-: plished which is talked of, The Paris Exhibi- tion will stand alone of it's kind, at least, in our generation. There, in the grounds now being laid out, all sorts of constructions are to be raised. Some of these are to consist of the I various sorts of habitations in use among the several nations of the world, containing, of course, the articles of furniture, clothing, etc, etc., of every day life among them. Theatres, where the dramatic representations of all na- tions will be performed, are to form part of these undertakings, and, it has been decided in the committee for the Exposition, that all Club should be erected in the Champs de Mars, to contain, on the ground floor, saloons in. which conferences can bo held on great social and industrial subjects --Go- 1eys Ladys Book ...ry ...>