. Paris in London : 1902, Earl's Court : official guide and catalogue : director general Imre Kiralfy . tu (0 < Ul I fli.^ I 39 pleasant opportunity of acquiring the rudiments of the equestrian close proximity stands The Gigantic 14^/iee/, one of the most famous landmaiks of the Metropolis. In no otherplace in the world can the pleasure-seeker equal the exliilaration ofa journey in one of the luxurious cars with which the remarkable con-struction is provided, and from which is seen a gradually wideningstretch of country, until from the summit the view extends as far as. ri lO iik
. Paris in London : 1902, Earl's Court : official guide and catalogue : director general Imre Kiralfy . tu (0 < Ul I fli.^ I 39 pleasant opportunity of acquiring the rudiments of the equestrian close proximity stands The Gigantic 14^/iee/, one of the most famous landmaiks of the Metropolis. In no otherplace in the world can the pleasure-seeker equal the exliilaration ofa journey in one of the luxurious cars with which the remarkable con-struction is provided, and from which is seen a gradually wideningstretch of country, until from the summit the view extends as far as. ri lO iikil SWISS BAR. Windsor Castle, on the west, and on the south the hills of dark, when the gardens are ablaze with a myriad of lamps, thescene is no less striking, while the illumination of the wheel itself, asviewed from below, cannot fail to impress the least observant. Near the Wheel will be found the CARICATURE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, and in the immediate vicinity also is THE CANTEEN,where excursionists and others are catered for on popular lines. 40 Passing along towards the West Kensington entrance, we find onour right a strikingly accurate reproduction of The Morgue of Paris, a building teeming with human interest, of which Dickens, in hisUncommercial Traveller, draws so thrilling a picture. It has beencomputed that some 75 per cent, of the visitors of all nationalities toParis find their way to the severely classical little building whichmodestly hides itself just behind the ancient towers of Notre and out of its open doors stream the idler, the artist,
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