, 1875-04-05
THE BRITISH MUSEUa
Its Numerous Treasures Of An-
tisluity.
Works Of rhtdias and His pnpiEs--.EgJp.
uan Sculptures .-. Tho Ito.
scttn Stone.
Assyriau Statues and slabs--Ooina, Medals,
and Gems.
Tho Story Of oboli---A Numismatical
Romance.


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P''"ea' " .''o "'s"'' Aesp"'4*
Oh sno Ah"ff'an alscoyericst WHICH, appeared IN D
lats lumber Of The TRIBUNE and OF tho Gn-
nol1ucpMont thprtir made, that tho t4bIote
bearing tho arrov..,enl in. cr1utlona. TIM trans.
'asauns VI "o "i' ~ .ooneu iol VIZ ~ "'ucn
RSlalty hrc now within tue WallH OF tho usltlsll
Museum naturally awakei,a tho recollection of
many Of Tho n,,ncrous tteasurea OF au,au,tr al.
'e%''' e".uo.u" aA.'s''.'..ss .nso 1"as ..
MUST COMPREHENSIVE pEfoh'1oh1'
Originating; from tlio boluost OF pit Hans
S'oano iii illo middle Of tho las. cenEurs. this
Musosta las, by rand st.ldes, attained liz nrcs-
49,, III Iii. ,..et.au,. ,,asr.,I,... :.
WI. aaa aat's1''Ifo"s'ns ua.l".n,ss' .n'I ~ was
no's o"oVcf' u1ti tho sohr loza 'l'at THO hu'ld"
Ing now known Al tho British Museum, hituate
in Great Russell stloot bloomsbury, was COM
.as. ~. n,, ~" " .,nan toa., % ,r,,,. 49, yIal
Aooa' ~ ID nsp'o cuhco' tateo WIN pei''co
whose coli!n1a lorty.iour iii nutnlcr, extend
round tho wings Of tho building; and It's coat
was somotl,lng over million ., pounds t.er-
linn Tho Nruc,,m nro,cr i. onor r. ti,o ,,,,,i;o
'''h' Nv 'a a,! sIs Is.. I'll. ~ t"'4's
every Atosnaso weekday, WIN coftain occasions
al exceptions; "hila tho NeadIng-lIoom, n'l i'm
mcnso rotunia, ITO feet In diameter In open
d.i,v tn n;]ults-tho only terms Of sf,upsion
i,ei.s at;ufao,,r,, roca,r o,,,I,t;o fa,n
oo"h eu''s4u''01' 1s''4A1ts''""''''' 'AoA s''t'o
noaaeho'aeF.
Hitherto tho works OF
TIE CHEAT SCULPTOR rn1D1As
,n1 A., 1u p,,n,,a ,,.yo laon ,nchtrc,t TN ,,,orr
- -, 49,. n,,...;.. =. a -. ,,'.,ss., .,.a. e.
81 ~ TUG eoi'ceaon'' ~ arr 'naeeu' sneY must
conlin1lo to 10 10 conntdoted; for nothing At ali
equal 10 them has beon produced in modern
days. Says Flazmsn (wl,oso 4'shleld OF Achilles ii
. IN ..,sa.s asas-,,,t,. ~ T., ~, -.
Iaoueth Ar1h "uoh ucscs'plnE suo tueSeus IN too
cast pedimout Of the Pasthenon. In which tho
birth Of aIiuerya-tio virgin who gave her uasnc
~ ~ ",ss. 4rS1, ~ ,,afss :. "u'a ~ 49, L..
tu' a"eS1 o.uI4' ',.., PAoius W 'ne
Apollo belSldefe, sfhtea oehere to te
only a COPY. 1t has moro ideal bonu-
And. Of tho Lorses In tlo frieze in TIM s,,no
11',..,.ss a,,,a.a - ...,.n H.. ~ VIZ .ns' n".o
tAls'"} co!!ec%'oi u "a'o'ce' uo s"Fs+ 1uey
arToar to llso and mose'-so roll taolF oyes,-
to galton prnuco. and cusyet. Tho ycina Of tLoir
taceB mud legs scom d:sEended with circulation.
In ,,,o,n m ,,,a,nc,,iuod tho ,,,rdoo.. .,, da'
~ su'a. aso homogeneous tno Aataaoob auu &C.
c'aloh OF pony iofma 1fom TUG elasticity OF ton-
don and tho aoftnesa Of flesh. Tic bololdoF Ia
charmed with tho deor.liko lightnosB md clo-
,,ot nboyo an Mch from tic bacEcronnd, md
thov aro ne, 1,nch smajIot than Enturo N cnn
acarrcjy smrrnr rcaso11 tn ncrn,ain m thav n ro
r'sIr1 not sye en's 'eAn ~ petA0Dao a' 'n9S afo
Ia 1,no ieforn tia Mi. nt,snrIn,,e nt,rcst Will,
n, lin nrcsc", moc mi rir,cl,ns r. sf,v ,.n,"or.
wllcl. throws ,ight upun tie early history Of Tia
,rnrI anI 81 liz s,,,inon race '' 10'' ~ 'Ao
"o'a Aau ',,. -. .rn sovrr1 naasn ,x .x9,a,r 1ac.
tho ear1tcnt n1amDlcn Of nncient Hculntn,c-oc.
tt,ny thren largo hns. nnfl connrise ~ ioss t1"
Glib Individual objects. Thay prn srranrcd i"; in
Chronological o1dcr, Lcfiun.ng with tie fonrt,
Gvnastv ~ ,hcsc ~ f"r t., mn.t
i; tto Rosotta stooo. Which bears an inscfinti"t,
-. ,1.... IL. T..