(Speciully written for the North-Chine Duily News).
Before dealing in detail with the varied attractions of the Exhil it my be advisable to draw attention to one or two of its general characteristics. The first these is size. The grounds and buildings cover more than twice the space occupied in 1889, So grext_was the demand for allotments by intending exhibitors, that at early stage the Exhibition authorities gave up the idea of attempting to crowd everything into the central site decided to form an annexe the Boix de Vincennes, just outside the eastern boundary Of the city and about three-quarters of an hour's journey from the n proper. It is to he feared that the Vince: mes annexe will be somewhat neglected by the public, but anyone who has time should not omit to make the urney, especially as there are very onveniont nieuns of communication by mnboat between the two sites. Vinconnes promises to be chiefly remarkable for its display of American Inbour-saving apphanoes and machinery. There are to be no less than 17 colossal American locomotives. The Olympic games and sundry athletic contests are also to take place at crowning the pylons have a particularly light airy effect. The bridge itself, with its majestic single span, is a fine piece of work; but the symmetry of the curve ix somewhat marred by the necessity of keeping the gradient as low as possible, so as to avoid shutting off any part of the perspective from either end. As for the two palaces, they are correct and classical, but somewhat coll. There is nothing distinctively na about them; in fact they are much mo than French. Even th ye motifs lions' heads, garlands, an asks, ete.—are stereotyped. One expects somethin better than rows of Corinthian columns in buildings erected under such exceptional circumstances.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.