Greece . ) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 020 147 079 1 Hollinger GiftPublisherIUL 26 1920 PREFATORY NOTE THE present translation of an article by \icnv Puaux has been prepared inconnection with the Greek Government Exhibition, held in the Grand Cen-tral Palace, Lexington Avenue and Forty-seventh Street, from March 1-tto April 18th, 1920. This exhibition, which consists largely of the highly artistic work of thewell-known Swiss photographer, Frederic Boissonnas, was first opened to publicappreciation last year in the Boeotian Hall, Paris, while the Peace Conference wasin session. More than
Greece . ) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 020 147 079 1 Hollinger GiftPublisherIUL 26 1920 PREFATORY NOTE THE present translation of an article by \icnv Puaux has been prepared inconnection with the Greek Government Exhibition, held in the Grand Cen-tral Palace, Lexington Avenue and Forty-seventh Street, from March 1-tto April 18th, 1920. This exhibition, which consists largely of the highly artistic work of thewell-known Swiss photographer, Frederic Boissonnas, was first opened to publicappreciation last year in the Boeotian Hall, Paris, while the Peace Conference wasin session. More than fifty thousand persons there visited it and addresses weremade from time to time by leading men of letters on the history, art, literatureand present aspirations of Greece. Mr. Yenizelos, while fully aware of all that Ancient Greece has meant to theworld, has hoped by this means to correct an impression which is all too prevalentin America that Greece is merely a land of ruined temples and shrines. Whilethe magnificent columns of the Parthenon or the impressive re
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