New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-06

'''" W. ''' PARIS, May IA, 1867.
No donbt. my dear TRIBUNE, You have your special
! Exposition correspondent, in addition to our od
friend OF the Rue BouIsanlt, after whom to write
about Paris seems almost an mpertlnenee' ana nero
is little of general description salient detall Which
may not already have been communicated to your
readers nevertheless many witnesses being re-
quired 10 establish the simplest fact truth VIII
cen add my say to the testimony of others. Tho
! chance Of having all the previous great inter
national shows Of the kind gives me- at least, rather
| a wide range Of comparison, which, in the present
elsewhere so much was promised and is expected
! by the incoming ysit0rs-is of some value.
! have had, must confess s'lrfeit OF such ambi-
tious undertakings. and would never have madc n
voyage to Europe see the Exposition OF 1885, Never
thelcss being within is hours of Paris, it was well
worth that much trouble, if only TO aay the rag
ment of curiosity which always Turks in ones nature,
and to avoid being bored for the rest of ones natural
! life by answering the question: WhB didn't you so
and see it y Visions Of overlooking hotels, OF crowds
of bewildercd strangers seeking lodging, of mposi-
tons and unheaTd-Of expenses cinbittefcd my APP
proach to the great capital. These having happily
been proven false-my experience resolving itself
! into comfort and moderate charges-l can honestly
declare ] am Glad TO be here ut present. What
seemed almost like On enforced duty, in anticipation,
has become lively pleasure The Exposition though
less in some respects than intended, yet in others
is far more than could have been expected Tho
work undertaken was too vast for the time and
means allotted to it; but enough has been accom-
plished TO repay the stranger for journey from any
part of Europe. or even across the Atlantic
shall be able to describe matters more intelligbly
by a brief revival Of my impressions Of the previous
Worlds Fairs still think land am sure that all
who saw ii will agree with mol that the first IN
Hyde Park, in ls5i, was entirely the simplest and
most imposing in its effect That vast parallcogram,
with its airy galleries, hieharciIcd the ayenue
of elms and lIdens could be embraced in single
conn doH Every dctail-tle glitter Of crystal, tho
coors of cloths ard silks marble and bronze and tho
! massed sobcrer hHes of machinery, furniture and
raw materialspaye aid and force to the one grand,
| all-embracng vista, yOu entered. Perhaps tho
novelty of tie idea enhanced the impression. 1t was
the first time all nations had met together in con-
qress of Industry and Art and the imagination was
thus more keenly stimulated than it ever can be
again. Certain il is that 10 succeeding Exposition
| has yet equaled this in general eject
| orr attempt in New-York; In 1913, was on mneh
smaller SCALE and was only less impressive from that
/ fact. The design OF the huildng was admlIabley
when the space it occupies, Is considered; il could
! hildiup without milking the dome of almost
! impossible hight But as Whole, i was very beau-
/ tifll IN details OF course the number OF European
exhibitors being comparatively SMALL 1t eoud not Dc
! ranked with the other great International fairs.
Ionly saw the Paris Exposition Of 1850 after many
fore Judge OF the dlsplay, III This respect it coy
cred abcut fifty per copt more space than the Worlds
! Fair OF 1851. but was much less sHle and imposing
in character. If rcmeTbcr rightly, IL ereatce less
interest also, than Its London PRECURSOR. The az
traction Of novelty was gone, ana tle paesiS r. gt
! ourcd something more thar mere rcietlion 10
was moreover. little too soon. once III ten years
is ;lbout frequently as the world requires snch an
Iy great eYcrtions England succeeded, in 1862 in
slightly surprising Franc, az least IN ti9 huhoer 9l
square fect This Exposition, which attSndeG'
! 10, me worry
ing was q huge numbering mass tie design Of which
| cofld only lie coaprehendcd with dificnty since
there was 10 point whence the whole Of II could be-
seem Internally, il was crowded abyrinth-aveIy
maze of wealth, invention. and mt-diihcnlt 10
thread and incxpressbly fatiguing 10 the explorer
Those interested IN particular blidcn OF lnuusuy
could aord the necessary search ana labor DIt mo
/ INDEPENDENT spectator soon became OVeitaNed IN
the Department OF Fine Arts there were many superb
works, bat insufficient space and arrangements me
object of the exhibitors was attained no DOUBT ohb
as a whole. tie undertaking could not be called SO
| successful MS That OF ISL
From the imperfect descriptions in advance, and
| the manufactured cuts OK the building, / had
| fanced THAT the Exposition OF tins year wouI1 10
somewhat similar 10 the London one OF lS3. Inc
fact that il has double the area is not much conse-
0iiencc when a double amount of contributions is
| expected. | coud not imagine how bnding or
such form could possess any archteeluIal oeanf
10 the power of receiving ana Keeping III circulation
an immense crowd of specatos-to the faculty oil
finding and seeing whatever thing one desires 20 SEQ
III far surpasSes all previous exhibitions. In thls re-
spect il is nearly perfect Architectural erect mas
been left out % the calculations eNerytns hs uvct
sacrificed and rightly So TO the practlca execution
of the great object in view. There no general cVhP
dal possible YOU can see but small fracl9h Oh mo
| collection from rny one polnt-but on the other
hand Won can learn the plan in five minutes, AMI IL
| Won are udicious, can spend day in the building
| and gardens without headache .,
Unless Won knew the Champ de Mars IN ITS oilglnai
| statc-a paralleomam of hard gravel nile III
lcnGtb bv one-thirl or more in breadth-you cannot
understand what has been done; and, instead or
| complaining that the work IS even yet unillsieu,
you VIII marvel ut the energy tat 9aIsd 10 ~ 1
center was the least portion OF IT, All the remainder
| of this eraveed plain has been conyerten INTO an
nduating park, with lakes, watef-ialiS' Mis- tochx
grottoes stones Of green turf groups and avenues or
tses thirty or forty feet in hight and parteres or
Iowerg-and scattered through are buildings repre-
senting the factories dwellings, palaces ana temples
of all nationsi Thousands of trees have been tIfms-
| nortcd hither and set in their places Wlthohu
bough being pruned: yet they are now IN as beaity
leaf as their quieter brethren on tie i,ouievIus
some pars of this park the work IS sun gong o day
| aud night and another month probably VIII see mo
| whole design completed. --,. s
| Externally the Exposition makes no IMPRESSION,
| or IL ouv n diSaQTeeable one. There are very lew
nn;nts fn,n which Won can much OF 1T. Prom inc
Are dc IriOmphe, or the Nights OF fassy f0u pehoit
n confusion of brick towers, tau, req nght-hou7e,
three mnarstS, ana Jong me % ,, M,
entrances are generally low and lsigliil,cnt, nna
| There is nothing particularly imposing IN inc dohpid
| line of hammered masts, between winch you appIoach
| Tho hudinp from the Seine. The arrangements ara
so complete that there isno crowd NJ uie e3tcs' as
! the space within is vast that y0u w1nld never
guess the actual number on NisitoIs inVso H. ~
| nT ediice some palace of Aladdin ana Tower ..
Pabe in one viii be disappointed; but they VIII hnn
the greatest and most admirable 1hr Oh INDUSTRY anu
| Art which the world has ever held ~.
! The plan of the building is very simple. IL - an
ellipse composed of five eoncen1c galleries. wleh
are su6-dvidod, on the floor into double me nnmDer
| of concentric passages The external gallery, being
nt,a tI,o LARGEST sdeYOfed to machinery. inside or