Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . Palace of Industryby Day ; Its Gorgeous Illumination at Night.—Eclat of the Great London Fair.—Emulation Stimu-lated Abroad.—An American Exhibition Proposed.—Popularity of the Idea.—Plan for
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . Palace of Industryby Day ; Its Gorgeous Illumination at Night.—Eclat of the Great London Fair.—Emulation Stimu-lated Abroad.—An American Exhibition Proposed.—Popularity of the Idea.—Plan for a BuildingAccepted.—Its Style, Size, and Decorations.—Admirable Adaptation of the Structure.—Superiorityto the London Palace.—Rapid Progress of the Enterprise—Interest of Foreign Countries Enlisted.—Programme of Management.—Brilliant Ceremony at the Opening.—Celebrities Present: SpeechesMade.—Grand Hallelujah Chorus Sung.—Constant Tide of Visitors.—Beauty, Utility, Amusement.—Attractions from Abroad.—Contributions by Monarchs.—Victorias Beautiful Offering.—The GrandIndustries of Civilization —Lesson Taught by Such a Display.—Luster Keflected on America. * Worthy of the Ertndeet circumBtanccB which could be thrown around n human aaicmbly, worthy of thU occasion, and ? hundred likethis, li that beautiful idea, the CofiONATlOH or Labor.—Eliuo INTERIOR OF THE i Alit, NKW YORK. OLLOWING the examjile of Eui^laiid,in the erection of a colossal crys-tiil jtalaee in Hjde Park, London,for a Worlds Fair, in 1851,—and into which flowed the treas-nres of art, science, and mechan-ism, from the four quarters of theglobe,—American enter])rise con-ceived the idea of a similar struc-ture, for the exhibition of theindustry of all nations, in thecommercial metropolis of Amer-ica ; and this idea, so popular inview of the splenilid ecluf attend-ing the vast and magnificentdisplay in London, was soon car-r
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