St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-16
The WORLDS MIRROR.
SUPERB REPRODUCTIONS OF FAMOUS
SCENES AND PLACES.
MANY MARvELs OF INTEREST.
Ancient and Modern History Epit-
Most Attractive Pictorial and
Descriptive Form in "Sights
and Scenes of the World" =


and Scenes of the World" /
The success of the GLOBE distribu-
ton of views, entitled "Sights and
Scenes OF the World,'' has been most
tlattering. ~
The series comprises collection of
800 of the rarest gems of nature and art,
gathered from the Worlds Great
StoreheuSe" 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 awful
cataracts, and other great sights of the
world, and now in the splendid series of
views they have presented the exact
counterparts.
AS result, one may sit in comfort by
the freside and See pass before him in
review a grand panorama, England,
Scotland, 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 so simple that
a child may understand, and so intensely
Interesting that the OLD are held spell
bound 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
arehs, every stone telling a story of
Ignorance and oppression.
The homes of kings and queens. pre-
tentious but unhappy rulers of the past
and present.
Mountain scenes rivaling in glory the
splendUr 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 Scot
land to Burns birthplace and the home
Of Walter Scott, and in England to
Stratford- on-Ayon, where 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 Lon
don, and the "OId Curiosity Shop" in-
mortalized by Charles Dickens.
In France to Paris and Versailles,
where the mighty Napoleon planned
the conquest of nations. and to Monte
Carlos famous gambling den.
In Berlin to the very house where
Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, mourned
for the return of past powers.
In Rome to the Coliseum, where
gladiators and wild beasts fought for
life to please Nero and his savage fol-
lowers, and to the Orient where Cleo
patra lured kings to death, and in Jeru-
salem to Bethlehem, the birthplace of
the Saviour. tss
They lead the way through the great
galleries of Versailles, Luxembourg.
Dresden. Florence, and ancient Rome.
showing the worlds masterpieces in
painting and Statuary. - -
In the New World they take one
step by step, from Greenland and
Alaska in the North to Patagonia ai
the South. aii
In the United States one sees all tie
principal sights, including the splendor
of the Sierras.
In Mexico visit is paid to the homes
of the Montezumas and scenes made
famous by the luckless Macmillan, and
one sees as today Brazil, Argentine Re-
public. and little but tempestuous Chilli.
Who would not enjoy sucn tour of
the world?
Millions of dollars are annually spent
by tourists in an endeavor to see treas
ures represented by these views.
Many they never see, aud those be-
held are not fully appreciated, since the
history connected with them is not re-,
membered.
In this series one not only views.
scenes true to life from every land, but
also enjoys the descriptive history
which accompanies each.