Part 14
"Mr. Berlyn (whom many of our readers will remember as an active and earnest promoter of the interests of our Athenæum, in his character of honorary secretary to that institution), having held an official situation in connexion with the Royal Commission for carrying out the business detail of the intended Exhibition, finds means to present us with an extremely able and instructive volume. His narrative is cleverly written, and affords ample information of the origin and progress of a movement which has already acquired a world-wide fame. The gradual advance of public opinion and feeling in reference to the study of art, and to the more general cultivation of a love for the ideal and the beautiful among the people, are care fully traced, and we have every reason to believe that credit is justly given to the humble but earnest workers in the cause."
LEEDS MERCURY.
"A popular narrative of the origin, history, progress, and prospects of the Great Exhibition, with a guide to the future rules and arrangements, by Peter Berlyn, has just been published by Gilbert, of Paternoster-row. It is a very able and useful volume, beautifully got up, and at a cheap rate."
LEEDS TIMES.
"Mr. Berlyn's book supplies a _desideratum_. It is the first attempt, so far as we know, to give a consecutive narrative of the circumstances which have given birth to the great design, whose realisation is to illustrate the history of the present year. He has done his work well. The narrative is entirely derived from authentic and official sources, to which Mr. Berlyn, from his connexion with the undertaking, had peculiar opportunities of access. The author regards the Exhibition, not as a sudden individual thought, but as the natural result of certain industrial ideas and tendencies which have been gradually developing themselves during several years; and this view leads him to trace the history of various prior exhibitions on a minor scale in this country, such as the polytechnic exhibitions in different towns, and the exhibitions of art and manufactures which have taken place, many years, in Manchester, Birmingham, and the metropolis. The proceedings more immediately connected with the great World's Exhibition now in preparation are then related from the commencement, and in a manner at once concise and complete. Finally, we have a full account of the rules and regulations determined on for the conduct of this remarkable undertaking. The volume contains several excellent illustrations, is tastefully bound, and in a portable form."
LIVERPOOL COURIER.
"This is an exceedingly interesting and useful book. It has been got up as a hand-book for the visitors to the Great Exhibition, but its object is more to give a condensed account of the history of the event than to serve as a guide within the building. The writer, who treats his subject most clearly and ably, enters into a brief narrative of all that has been hitherto done, in this and other countries, to foster national taste in connexion with these public displays. In our own countries he goes on, at length, into an investigation of what may be termed the initiatory exhibition lately held at Birmingham, and which, in its results, far exceeded the expectations of its founders. He also gives a concise history of the proceedings relative to the 'Palace of Glass,' from the time that its erection was a dreamy idea until it rose in its gigantic transparency to astonish the world."
LIVERPOOL ALBION.
"This is a book for the times and to the purpose. Its title-page tells with what object it has been written, and is well borne out by its contents. When we open it we find a concise and faithful account of the causes and progress of the world's gathering which is just upon us. In preparing his volume the author has taken care to avoid all 'culling of simples,' and to give only such information as may be depended upon, and which possesses more than ephemeral interest. It abounds also, in practical suggestions and philosophical observations. We will only say further that the publisher, although he does not puff the work by talking of giving it away, certainly comes as near as possible to that point in the price which he has fixed upon it. We can safely recommend it."
BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL.
"A cleverly-written and carefully-condensed little volume, containing all that has been done, and much that should be known, respecting the great event of the year. The author culls with great judgment from the addresses delivered at various meetings held throughout the country; the regulations issued by the Executive Committee are also introduced. Altogether, a more complete record, within the same amount of space, it would be impossible to find; it confers great credit upon the writer, who in addition is evidently an enthusiast in the work about which he writes so well."
LEICESTERSHIRE MERCURY.
"This volume should be in the hands of all who take an interest in the great event of this _annus mirabilis_, 1851. What it promises in the title-page it performs in those which follow. It contains an accurate and deeply interesting record of the causes and progress of the preparation for that gathering of the nations of the earth which we are about to witness, and chronicles all the official information on the subject which is worth preserving. The practical suggestions and observations to be found in it are greatly to the credit of the writer. We must also give our praise to the publisher, Mr. Gilbert, for the manner in which he has brought it out, and the low price at which he offers it to the buyer."
LIVERPOOL TIMES.
"Of course we are already deluged with hand-books, guide-books, &c., to the Exhibition. Such little works, properly compiled, will not only be interesting, but absolutely serviceable, to the country visitor. We have had oceans sent to us, varying in price as in truthfulness and English grammar. The best we have seen is a 'Popular Narrative of the Exhibition,' by Peter Berlyn, published by Gilbert, of Paternoster-row; a
## book distinguished not only by correctness and labour, but also by very
considerable literary merit."
LINCOLNSHIRE TIMES.
"What the flower-garden is to the bees, attracting them to gather honey from its sweets, the Grand Exhibition has been to many a candidate anxious to take his place in the ranks of authorship. The book before us is one of the proofs of its stimulating powers. It fully and ably accomplishes all which the title-page leads us to expect, setting forth the causes and progress of that wondrous festival of industry at which the world is to meet in Britannia's Crystal Palace. The information which it contains may be relied upon as derived from the best sources; the practical suggestions are valuable; and the observations are penned in a highly philosophical spirit. We can safely recommend the work to our readers, and we are quite certain that everybody who buys it will be satisfied that his money has been well laid out. We speak not from our own authority only, but have our verdict backed by the opinion of persons competent to pronounce upon the merits of the volume before us."
INVERNESS COURIER.
"This little volume has a merit which belongs to but few books published in the present age. It is wanted. There has no doubt been a great deal written on the subject of which it treats, as well as a great deal spoken; but till now we have had only scattered and almost inaccessible information on the one hand, or mere catchpenny pamphlets on the other. Mr. Berlyn's excellence is, that he is honest; that his work fulfils the promise of its title-page. Officially connected from its outset with the great scheme which he describes, he has enjoyed peculiar facilities for this task, has known where to look for materials, and been able to judge of their relative usefulness and importance. Of these opportunities he has diligently availed himself, and the result is to be seen in the elegant book before us. Simple and popular in style, it is comprehensive and instructive in its contents; we therefore recommend it."
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