e of which, that toward the Seine, is occupied by
England and France, and the other, that toward the Ecole Militaire, by
Holland and France. The four especially admirable situations for display
are under the domes at the four corners of the building, and these are
respectively occupied by the English colonies, the Dutch colonies, a
statue of Charlemagne and a trophy of French metallic work--notably, large
tubes for telescopes. The French, as most readers are aware, occupy one
half of the building, and foreigners the other, the two being divided,
except at the end-galleries, by a central court in which are the fine-art
pavilions.

Transverse divisions separate the foreigners' sections from each other,
while longitudinal divisions extending throughout the length of the
building divide the various classes of exhibits subjectively. A person may
thus cross the building and view the exhibits of a country in the
different classes, or he may go lengthwise of the building and see what
the various nations have to show in a given class. No better plan could be
devised if they are all to be assembled under one roof. The same plan has
been tried before, especially in the great elliptical building at Vienna.
It is probable that the Philadelphia plan of isolated buildings may find
imitators in the future, and then this plan of national and subjective
arrangement may be carried out without the violent contrasts incident to
sandwiching the machine galleries between the alimentary and chemical
sections.

All the exhibits are classed under nine general groups, which are--1. Fine
arts; 2. Liberal arts and education; 3. Furniture and accessories; 4.
Textile fabrics and clothing; 5. Mining industries and raw products; 6.
Machinery; 7. Alimentary products; 8. Agriculture; 9. Horticulture. The
first of these occupies the pavilions in the central court. The second and
following ones to the seventh occupy the galleries as one passes from the
central court to the exterior of the building; agricultural implements and
products are shown in spacious sheds outside the main building and within
the enclosing fence; animals are shown in a separate enclosure on the
esplanade of the Invalides. Horticulture finds a place in all the
intervals wherever there is a square yard of ground not necessary for
paths, and also on the two esplanades which divide the Palais du Champ de
Mars and the Palais Trocadero from the river which flows between. The
subjective ch