Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-24
THE WORLDS MIRROR
SUPERB REPRODUCTIONS OF FAMOUS
SCENES AND PLACES.
Marvels Of Interest Presented In MOST
Attractive Pictorial and DE.
scriptivc Form.

The success of the Dispatches distribu-
ton of views. entitled Sights and Scenes
of the World" has been most fiattering.
The series comprises collection OF
800 of the rarest gems OF nature and art,
gathered from the Worlds Great Store
house" as treasures by eminent travellers
and distinguished scholars. who from
long wears 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 q result, one may sit In comfort by
the fireside and see pass before him in re-
view q grand panorama, England, Scot
land. Ireland. France, Germany. Austria.
Turkey, Italy, Spain. Asia, AFRICA anu
South America, the Old World and the
New. the whole forming an object-!esson
In history so simple that a child may I'M
derstand. and so intensely interesting tbat
the old 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 or
war, misery and barbaric splendor.
Cathedrals built by ambitious monarchs.
every stone telling story OF ignorance
and oppression.
The homes of kings and queens. preten-
tious but unhappy rulers OF the past ana
present.
Mountain scenes rivalling in glory tile
splendor of the sun itself
Tropics teeming with vegetable and
animal life.
The home Of the Esduimaux 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-A 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 q
Country Churchyard." and the famous
London Bridge. and the Tower OF Lon
don. and the "Old Curiosity Shop" Inn
mortalized 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 iof
| the return of past powers.
In Rome to the Coliseum. where gladi-
ators and wild beasts fought for life 70
please Nero and his savage followers. and
10 the Orient where Cleopatra lured kings
10 death. and In Jerusalem TO Bethlehem,
the birthplace OF the Saviour.
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 ster
by step from Greenland and Alaska IT
the North to Patagonia in the South
| In the United States one sees all th'
principal sights. including the splendoi
| of the Sierras.
In Mexico a visit IS paid to The homes
OF the Montezumas and scenes made
famous by the luckless Macmillan. anc
one sees as to-day, Brazil Argentine Re
public. and little but tempestuous Chile
Who would not enjoy such tour OF The
| world?
| Millions of dollars are annually spen
| by tourists In an endeavor to see treasures
! represented by these views.
| Many they never see. and those behelc
are not fully appreciated since the histor,
| connected with them Is not remembered
In this series one not only views scenes
true to life from every land. but also en-
| joys the descriptive history which accom-
panies each.
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