. Review of reviews and world's work. tments whichcarry steadily forward the great work of devel-oping Paris as a city of beautiful and harmoniousarrangement and construction, and of artistic em-bellishment. The spaces selected for the present Expositionare not large enough to make possible those mag-nificent effects produced by sheer size and pro-I^ortion at Chicago. Nevertheless, some splendidperspectives and delightful vistas have resultedfrom the skillful way in which already existingand permanent architectural monuments and fea-tures have been brought into relation with thetemporary struc
. Review of reviews and world's work. tments whichcarry steadily forward the great work of devel-oping Paris as a city of beautiful and harmoniousarrangement and construction, and of artistic em-bellishment. The spaces selected for the present Expositionare not large enough to make possible those mag-nificent effects produced by sheer size and pro-I^ortion at Chicago. Nevertheless, some splendidperspectives and delightful vistas have resultedfrom the skillful way in which already existingand permanent architectural monuments and fea-tures have been brought into relation with thetemporary structures of the Exposition. The most essential feature of the entire schemeis the River .Seine, which passes through Parislike a great canal, with of noblemasonry and broad quays flanked by publicbuildings. The most central open spot of Parisis the great square known as the Place de la Con-corde. Standing in the center of this square,one looks eastward through the garden of theTuileries to the Louvre ; westward up the most. DIAGUAM SHOWING THK OROirXD .SCHEME OF THE EXPOSITION. 682 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY RE^IEIV OF REI/IEIVS. magnificent avenue in tlie world, that of theChamps Elysees, to the Arc de Triomphe ;northward past the beautiful building of the De-partment of Justice to the noble Greek porticoof the Madeleine, and southward directly acrossthe crowded Bridge de la Concorde to the broadfa9ade of the Palais Bourbon, with its twelvecolumns—a building now occupied by the Cham-ber of Deputies. Adjoining this building, onthe south side of tlie river, , on the QuaidOrsay, opposite the Champs Elysees, is thebuilding of the Department of Foreign Affairs ;and next in order is the great soldiers home andmuseum known as the Hotel des Invalides,in the rear of which is the tomb of Napoleon,surmounted by a great gilt dome that is one ofthe chief of the architectural landmarks of thecity. In front of the Invalides, and extendingto the embankment of the river, is an opens
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