Evening journal., 1894-01-29
THE WORLDS MIRROR
Superb Reproduction of Fa-
nous Scenes and Places.

Marvols Of Interest-Anoient and Mod
en History Epltomized and Pre-
sented In a Most Attractive Pictorial
and Descriptive Form.
The success Of the EVENING JOURNALS
distribution of views, entitled Sights
and Scenes Of the World, has been most
hatterIng.
The series comprises a collection of
800 Of the rarest gems Of nature and
art, gathered from the Worlds Great
Storehouse as treasures by eminent
travellers and distinguished scholars, who
from long years of experience have
learned exactly what is best calculated
TO instruct the mind and delight the eye.
These tourists have themselves stood
in awe and admiration before the mighty
pyramids, the lofty cathedrals, the aw-
fnl cstRracts, and other great sights Of
the world, ana now In the splendid series
Of views they, have presented the exact
counterparts.
As n result one may sit in comfort by
the freside and see pass before him in re-
view grand panorama England, Scot
land Ireland, France, Germany, Austria
Turkey, Italy, Spain Asia, Africa and
South America, the Old World and the
New; the whole forming an object lesson
in history 80 simple that a child may un-
derstand and so intensely interesting that
the oil are held spellbound while passing
from scene TO scene.
The scenes presented are surrounded
by the romance and history of past ages
Castles whose towering battlements
for centuries looked down upon scenes
Of war, misery and barbaric splendor
Cathedrals built by ambitious mon.
archs, every stone telling a story Of ig-
norance and oppression.
The homes Of kings and queens, pre-
tendous but unhappy rulers Of the past
and present.
Mountain scenes rivaliog In glory the
splendor OF the sun itself.
Tropics teeming with vegetable and
animal life.
The home of the Esquimaux and the
land of the Midnight Sun
The views take one in Bonnie Scotland
TO Burnss birthplace and the home of
Walter Scott, and IN England to STRAIT.
ford On-Avon, whore dwelt the great
Shakespeare and his fair Ann Hathaway.
To Stoke Pogis Churchyard, the place
In which was written Grey's "Elegy in a
Country Churchyard, and the famous
London bridge, and the Tower Of London
and the "Old Curiosity Shop" immor
talizsd by Charles Dickens
In France to Paris and Versailles
where the mighty Napoleon planned The
conquest of nations, and to Monte Carlo
famous gambling den.
In Berlin TO the very house where Bis
marck, the Iron Chancellor, mourned 70
the return OF past powers.
In Rome TO the Coliseum, where glad
iators and wild beasts fought for life u
please Nero and his savage followers
and to the Orient where Cleopatra lurel
kings TO death, and in Jerusalem Il
Bethlehem, the birthplace of the Saw
iour.
They lead the way through the grea
galleries Of Versailles, Luxembourg
Dresden, Florence, aud ancient Rome
showing the worlds masterpieces il
painting and statuary.
In the New World they take one ste
by step, from Greenland and Alaska Il
the North to Patagonia IN the South.
In the United States one sees all th
principal sights, including the splend O
Of the Sierras.
In Mexico a visit Is paid to the home
Of the Montezumas aud scenes mad
famous by the luckless Macmillan, an
one sees as to-day, Brazil, Argentine Re
public, and little but tempestuous Chill
Who would not enjoy such tour q
the world2
Millions of dollars are annually spen
by tourists In an endeavor TO see treasure
represented by these views
Many they never see, and those behel
are not fully appreciated since the histor
connected with them Is not remembers
In this series one not only views scene
true 20 life from every land, but also en-
joys the descriptive history which accom-
panies each.
Contents of Part 1.
l. Osborne Palace, Queen Victorias home.