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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
“ The multifarious contents of the Great Exhibition were classified under thirty different heads, and to eachof these departments was apjtointcd a certain number of gentlemen to act as a jury for the award of prizes. Oneof the conditions of their appointment was that they should furnish a detailed report of the principal articlesoffered for competition, prefixing to it a general sketch of the history and present state of the branch of artbrought under their notice. The result of these extensive and important investigations are embodied in thework before us, which may justly be regarded as the most valuable of all the literary productions to which thoGreat Exhibition has given rise. The best idea that we can give our readers of this volume is by describing itas a complete encyclopaedia of the content,s of the Crystal Palace . For instance, under the head of “ Agricul-ture,” will be found a preliminary sketch of this branch of industry, followed by a description of tho variousmachines exhibited, with the Reports of tho different sub-committees on tho actual trials and tests to whichthey were subjected, with a running commentary connecting tho whole, written by tho chairman and reporterof the Committee, Mr. Pusey. Again, in Class XVII., we have, after a general survey of the objects comingunder this head, which wore contained in the Exhibition, tho following papers :—1. A brief history of the artof printing, from its first rise, four centuries ago, to the present time, and of the different improvements andnew processes invented from time to time, with separate notices of the progress and present state of the typo-graphic art in the principal countries of the world, and of different branches of the art, such as printing incolours and in gold, the application of galvanism to printing, the processes of punch-cutting and typefounding,of stereotyping, of the preparation of ink and rollers, and of that most interesting variety of typography, print-ing for the blind. 2. A sketch of the history of ornamental bookbinding, and of the present state of tho art indifferent countries, with descriptions of tho finest specimens sent to the Exhibition. 3. An elaborate historyand description of the manufacture of paper, specifying tho different processes employed in its production, and