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IO INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. the restricted and irregular shape of the ground-plot. We must ex cept also the Orleans Railway Station, in Paris, by Reynaud, a work of great importance and merit in design, and remarkably well ren dered ; also certain designs and models of light-houses, exhibited by the Ministry of Public Works, but which more properly belong to the engineering exhibit. When we reflect upon the numerous and grand edifices erected by such men as Due, Lefuel, Questel, Millet, Garnier, Ballu, and upon the thorough and remarkable restorations made of late by Duban and Viollet le Due, we cannot fail to deplore that France has been so in adequately represented. Considering, also, the grandeur and impor tance of the architectural work done in Vienna by Schmidt, Hansen, Ferstel, and others, our disappointment is great indeed at seeing their grand achievements only in photography. Russia exhibits a well-studied design of a cathedral church, not treated, unfortunately, in the Russo-Byzantine style, but rather in the Lombard, so prevalent on the borders of the Rhine. Belgium’s only exhibit is also a design for a cathedral, in the Gothic style, thoroughly studied, the drawings of which are remarkably well rendered. The projects exhibited by Italy and Spain, with one or two praise worthy exceptions, are notable rather for their originality, even eccen tricity at times, than for competent handling. The architectural exhibit of Switzerland, though consisting mostly of designs of minor importance, is more complete than that made by any other country, nearly every canton being represented. Designs of hospitals, schools, asylums, and other public institutions predomi nate. They are generally noteworthy for the ability shown in their ground-plans, which are generally well adapted to their various re quirements. But few attempts are made at any architectural effect in the facades, which are, however, simple and appropriate. The town- hall of Winterthur, by Professor Semper, offers a striking exception in this respect. The design by Goss of a theatre for the city of Geneva is also an exception. This project is unmistakably inspired by that of the Grand Opera House of Paris, by Garnier. On a much smaller scale are to be recognized many of the salient features of that remarkable edifice, so superior to all others of its class in truthfulness of design, where every important part in plan is properly accentuated in elevation, and which, though not faultless, is yet much to be admired for its variety, and that richness of ornamentation so appropriate to such a monument. That important problem, viz., the amelioration of dwellings for the laboring and industrial classes, has been almost entirely ignored at the