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14 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. material, and finish, the face bricks of Philadelphia and Baltimore are unrivaled. The Dutch exhibit of this article is curious for variety of dimension and color, also for crude finish. The English, on the other hand, excel in their various exhibits of moulded blue and colored bricks. The blue and metallic bricks manufactured by Thomas Peake, Wood & Ivery, Joseph Hamblet, and others, are of especial value for pavements and ornamental work, their value being based princi pally on their resistance. Enameled bricks, so useful in decoration and so proper for facings, especially where great cleanliness is a desideratum, were exhibited by Messrs. Minton and others, England. A very superior article was also furnished by the Brick Enameling Company,. Philadelphia. E. Muller, Paris, exhibited hollow glazed and enameled bricks. Those glazed on one end are intended for the lining of outside walls as a protection against dampness, heat, and cold, and others glazed on both ends for partitions. The manufacture of the ordinary hollow brick used in floor-arches, partitions, and floor-linings is no longer confined to a few countries in Europe, but is now well-nigh universal, specimens having been sent from Spain, Norway, Sweden, and from the Argentine Republic. Attention may here be properly called to the exhibit of hollow bricks or blocks made by the New York Fireproof Building Com pany. These blocks are made of Teil lime, after models of blocks employed very generally and with marked success in France during several years past. They are of all sizes, and are especially suitable for partitions, arches, floors, ceilings, roofs, furring, etc. Their great strength combined with lightness, together with their fire- and water proof qualities, places them among the most valuable improvements of the day. In certain countries where stone was either of an inferior character or too expensive for general use, terra-cotta was naturally introduced. Many remarkable specimens of such work are to be seen in Northern Italy. Of late years much has been done in England to create a revival in terra-cotta architecture. Praiseworthy as such efforts are, it must be confessed that the results obtained are not as yet entirely satisfactory. It can hardly be claimed that any of their terra-cotta work compares favorably with stone-work in appearance. In this country, where stone of every color and texture abounds, scarce any attention thus far has been given to this subject; but, with the ever-increasing desire to produce novel architectural effects, it may be presumed that our attention will soon be directed towards terra-cotta architecture,—a