Evening journal., 1894-01-17
THE WORLDS MIRROR
Superb Reproduction Of Fa-
nous Scenes and Places.

Marvels of Interest--Ancient and Mod
ern History EpItomized 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
flattering.
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 cathedrsls, the aw-
ful 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 iireside and see pass before him in re-
view II 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 so simple that a child may un-
derstand, and so intensely interesting that
the ol 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
fnp ne I'M Inc
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-
tentious but unhappy rulers of the past
and present
Mountain scenes rivaling in glory the
splendor of the sun itself.
Tropics teeming with vegetable aud
animal life.
The home of the Esquimaux and the
land Of the Midnight Sun.
The views take one in Bonnie Scotland
to Burns's birthplace and the home of
Walter Scott, and IN England to Strat.
ford on. Avon, 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 London,
aud the "Old Curiosity Shop, immor
talized 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 Bis
marck, the Iron Chancellor, mourned foi
the return of past powers.
In Rome TO the Coliseum, where glad
iators and wild beasts fought for life Z,
please Nero and his savage followers
and to the Orient where Cleopatra lureC
kings to death, and in Jerusalem {,
Bethlehem, the birthplace of the Sav
Jour-
They lead the way through the grea
galleries of Versailles, Luxembourg
Dresden, Florence, and ancient Rome
showing the worlds masterpieces il
painting and statuary.
In the New World they take one stel
by step, from Greenland and Alaska il
the North TO Patagonia in the South
In the United States one sees all Tn
principal sights, including the splend o
of the Sierras.
In Mexico visit is paid to the home
of the Montezumas and 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 a tour 0
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 remembered
In this series one not only views scene
true to life from every land, but also en-
joys the descriptive history which accom-
panies each.
Contents OF Part I.
]. Osborne Palace, Queen Victoria's home.
2. Pope's Villa at TwickenhHm on the rhame
3. Robert Burns's cottage, Ayr.
4. The Giants Causeway, County Of Antrim
] Ireland.
3. Lakes Of Killarney, Ireland.
g. Palace Of Sans SOuci, POtsdam, Germany.
I. Castle of Rheinstein, Germany.
8. The Appian Gateway. Rome.
.. The Grand Canal Venice.
10. The Grand Opera House, Paris
| III. The Grand Staircase, Paris Opera House