The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . astel and other drawings; Antique andmodern carvings; Engravings in medallions or in gems, cameos,intaglios ; Exhibits of private collections. In this building there are such vast numbers of exhibits, allworthy of careful inspection, that the visitor needs to be very in-dustrious who man-ages to see even themost noted picturesand statuary. Therehave been few pre-vious occasions whena collection of suchsize and uniform merithas been the main buildingalone there are sev-enty-four galleries, va-rying in size from30x30 feet to 36x120fee
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . astel and other drawings; Antique andmodern carvings; Engravings in medallions or in gems, cameos,intaglios ; Exhibits of private collections. In this building there are such vast numbers of exhibits, allworthy of careful inspection, that the visitor needs to be very in-dustrious who man-ages to see even themost noted picturesand statuary. Therehave been few pre-vious occasions whena collection of suchsize and uniform merithas been the main buildingalone there are sev-enty-four galleries, va-rying in size from30x30 feet to 36x120feet. The four largecourts and rotunda ofthe main building andthe rotundas of theannexes are devotedto sculpture and archi-tecture, so it is com-paratively an easy mat-ter to locate everythingof importance in thesebranches. But as thewall space is immense,there is, of course, a greater difficulty experienced in finding anyspecial palndng. For the exhibidon of architectural designs, en-gravings, etc., there are reserved eighty-eight alcoves, twenty-. THE STRUGGi^K FOR WORK. By J. Gelevt. 338 FINE ARTS. eight fronting on the main floor of the east and west courts, andsixty on the second floor gallery. The allotments to the different nations are as follows: The spacein the northwest corner of the building, bounded by the north and
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