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If presented personally at our offices, no charge will be made. Address. Souvenir. Is., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. per Buttle, From Chemists and Stores all over the World, or sent direct on receipt of Postal Order. EDWARDS’ “HARLENE” CO., 95 & 96, High Holborn, LOHDOH, W-C. ITALIAN EXHIBITION, 1904 . EARL'S COURT, LONDON, S.W. President : H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G.* [*The death of H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, some time after accepting the Presidentship, is universally to be regretted.] Vice-President : The Right Hon. THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON (Sir James Ritchie.) P l opi U tui s : THE LONDON EXHIBITIONS, LIAllTED, EARL’S COURT, S.W. Directors : PAUL CREMIEU-JAVAL, J.P., Chairman. JAMES MARSHALL FRESHWATER. IMRE KIRALFY. HAROLD T. HARTLEY | HERMAN HART - Managing Directors. R. CLAUDE GARNETT I H. FLEET, Secretary. ORGANISED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF Cbe Italian Cbamber of Commerce, Condon. SPLENDID ATTRACTIONS OF THE ITALIAN EXHIBITION. IN THE QUEENS COURT. 1. — Gigantic Chute : The Popular Perennial Pleasure for Young- and Old. 2. — Sir Hiram Maxim’s Captive Flying Machine ; Rapidly Whirling through Space. 3. — Blue Grotto of Capri : Beautiful Reproduction of the World- famous Caverns. 4. — Tom Taylor s Electric Launches: Silently Gliding over the placid Lake. 5. —Italian Restaurant : Where the National Dishes are Prepared by Native Chefs. IN THE ITALIAN VILLAGE AND ELYSIA. 6. — La Scala : A High-Class Continental Theatre of Varieties. 7. — Blowers of Glass : A famous Venetian Furnace in full Work. S. — Dante’s Inferno : The Abode of Weird and Fantastical Mystery. 9. — Fountains OF Milan: Beautiful Water-Nymphs in their Prismatic Prison. 10. — The House Reversed : Where Mr. and Mrs. Topsy-Turvy welcome Everyone. 11. — St. Peter s at Rome: Huge Mechanical Model made for Pope Pius VH. T2. — Story of a Crime : Eight Thrilling Tableaux from the Musee Grevin of Paris. 13. — Crater of Vesuvius : Ascending the Historic Volcano by the Bay of Naples. 14. — Bersagliere Rifle Range : Where the Italian Army Rifle finds the Bull’s-eye. 15. — Carlton, the Inexplicable Comedian : With his “ Dream of Satan ” and Clever Illusions. 16. — Diorama of the Catacombs : Wonderful Portrayal of Ancient Underground Rome. 17. — Marvellous Radium : That Upsets all Nature’s Laws. 18. — Great Wheel : The Colossal Cycle that ever Overlooks London. 19. — Portrait Postcards : A Happy Form of Greeting to Absent Friends. 20. — Convoluting Chargers : The Safe, though Fickle-minded, Horses of the Manage M^canique. IN THE WESTERN GARDENS. 21. — Sliding the Switchback : A Delight that Inspires the Nervous and Braces the Vigorous. 22. — -Working Ants and Bees : British Insects busily Employed in their Daily Duties. 23. — Entrancing Electrophone : Connecting direct with the leading Theatres- and Halls. 24. — Farthest North : Duke degli Abruzzi’s Expedition to the North Pole. 25. — Mirrors of Mirth : Laughter-making Reflections on All. 26. — The Roman Forum : Peopled as it was in the Third Century a.d. PATON’S for SCHOOLS IWTESSllS. J. & J, PATON, having an intimate knowledge of the best Schools and Tutors in this Country and on the Continent, will be pleased to aid parents by sending a few Prospectuses, carefully selected, to meet the needs of each inquirer. The details required are : Age of pupil ; locality preferred ; some idea of the Fees to be paid. There is no charge for Prospectuses or advice. J. & J. PATON, Educational Agents, 143, Cannon Street, LONDON, EX. Interviews from 10 till 5.30. Telephone 5053, Central. Messrs. Paton have a Special List of very Select Girls’ Schools in and around London and on the Continent. CORRIDOR YIOWETTES OF VENICE BY NIGHT. There are 20,000 square yards of sky. There is but one entrance and five exits. The canvas scenery is spread over’ 1,500 square feet. Piazze, buildings, and canals cover a superficial area ot 56,340 square feet. The extreme length of the representation is 313 feet; its extreme width 180 feet. The canals, if connected on end, would reach 1,356 yards, or over three-quarters of a mile. The superficial area of the canali and rii totals 21,505 square feet, and 402,064 gallons of water are required to flood them. The miniature City of Water has two piazze, two campi, three canali, three rii, four fondamente, and about thirty- three separate buildings. “ Venice by Night ” has absorbed three tons of paint. It is supported on 179 pillars of concrete, and the steel frames of its eleven bridges weigh 52 tons. A fondamenta is a way alongside a canale or rio ; a calle, a street with houses on either side; a campo, a paved open space; and a traghetto, a ferry. Floor space occupied by the various buildings amounts to 14,500 square feet, while the aggregate height of all buildings is 1,655 ^eet, or approaching one-third of a mile. 5 Cl)t makers of “Venice bp Rigbf.” The miniature representation of the famous ‘‘Spouse of the Adriatic’' in the Empress Hall has been designed and produced under the supervision of Mr. Herman Hart, one of the Managing Directors of the London Exhibitions Limited, assisted by Signor Giuseppe Galetti (Architect), Mr. W. Telbin (Scenic Artist), and Signor RiNALDO Casanova (Decorative Painter). The Venetian Serenades are rendered from the moored harca by the renowned Giacomo Gianni Troupe of Venice. On the Grand Piazza the jMasaniello Concert and Tarantelle Party, under the directorship of Signor Francesco Siena, perform Neapolitan melodies and dances. The handsome mosaics, Venetian glasses, and electro- liers are from the famous house of Venezia e Murano, of Venice and London. Messrs. Spiers & Pond have the control of the Ca d’Oro Caffe and the “ Gelateria ” at the Palazzo Dario, where are supplied sorbets, fruit syrups, ices, Italian pastries, and all manner of light refreshments. Empress Hall. Licensee - HERMAN HART. “VGni(JG BY niGf)C. V The Gorgeous and Realistic Representation of the Queen-City of the Adriatic. Che Oid Ulelcome Club. Behind a rustic fence in the Western Gardens, the green lawns and quaint cottage buildings of Central London’s one Open-Air Club provide a picturesque and cosy retreat. In the ninth year of its existence, this Club, possessing all the advan- tages and exclusiveness of the best regulated organisations of the kind, has been thoroughly renovated and re-decorated for the season of 1904. For the use of Members and their friends it is opened daily at noon during the Exhibition season, and closes in May, August, and September at 10.45 p.m., and in June and July at 11.15 p.m Presiderit : Field-Marshal EARL ROBERTS, i.C. K.G., K.P., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.S.L, G.C.I.E., D.C.L., LL.D. Chairman ; PAUL CREMIEU-JAVAL, J.P., Esq. Committee : THE EARL OF WARWICK AND BROOKE. THE LORD hURTON. THE LORD BURNHAM. THE RIGHT HON. SIR EDWARD CARSON, K.C., M.P. THE RIGHT HON. W. G. ELLISON MACARTNEY. CAPT. THE HON. ALWYNE H. F. GREVILLE, M.V.O. THE HON. W. F. B. MASSEY MAINWARING, LL B., M.P. SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G, MAJOR-GENERAL SIR OWEN TUDOR BURNE, G.C.T.E. SIR EYRE MASSEY SHAW, K.C.B. SIR RICHARD D. AWDKY, K.C.B. SIR J. H. GIBBS BERGNE, K.CM.G., C.B. ADMIRAL SIR ALBERT H. MARKHAM, K.C.B., F.R.G.S. SIR THOMAS SUTHERLAND, G.C.M.G., LL.D. SIR CHARLES MALCOLM KENNEDY, K C.M.G., C.B. SIR GEORGE C. M. BIRDWOOD, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., M.D.. LL.D. SIR MANCHERJEE M. t^HOWNAGGREE, K C.I.E., M.P. SIR JOHN FURlEY, C.B., J.P. SIR ARTHUR J. R. TRENDELL, C.M.G. SIR CASPAR PURDON CLARKE, C.I.E., F.S.A. COLONEL FREDERICK H. RICH. COLONEL ROBERT \N . EDIS, C.B., V.D., F.S.A. WALTER H. HARRIS, C.M.C.., Esq. COLONEL R. PARRY NISBET, C.I.E. MAJOR LEWIS H. ISAACS, J.P. HIS HONOUR JUDGE F. A. PHILBRICK, K.C. DOUGLAS G. H. GORDON, J.P., Esq. FRANK TRAVERS BIRDWOOD, Eso.' SAMUEL DIGBY, Esq. Dr. ]. IRVINE MENZIES. JAMES N. PAXMAN, Esc. J. M. FRESHWATER. Esq. HAROLD HARTLEY, Eso.' HERMAN HART. Eso. R. CLAUDE GARNETT, Eso. IMRE KIRALFY Esq. MAJOR G.' E. WYNDHAM MALET, Secrdary. Members may introduce three ladies and two gentlemen as Visitors to the Club ■ every day that the Exhibition is open to Season Ticket Holders ; and, while enjoying the novelty of a partly open-air Lunch or Dinner, or seated in the Comfortable Lounge Chairs on the Lawn, may listen to the excellent per- formances of the most noted Military Bands in the .stand opposite. The much-appreciated right of membership is regulated upon the same lines as those of the leading West End Clubs. All pariicidars may he obtained from the iaecretary. ^ ^NICE BY NIGHT. ” GORGEOUS AND ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF THE QUEEN CITY OF THE ADRIATIC. '' I loved her from my boyhood ; she to me "Was as a fairy city of the heart. Rising like water'columns from the sea, Of joy the sojourn, and of wealth the mart." Byron. How to See it by Land and Water {vide Plan), ON FOOT.— Entering- on the Fondamenta del Traghetto, cross the Ponte Ducale, pass through the Portico and, keeping to the right, enter the Campo della Guidecca by the Calle e Ponte Dario. Returning to the Piazza Grande, exit thence by the Ponte della Ck d’Oro on to the Campo S. Cassiano. Cross the Ponte del Terrazzo to the Fondamenta della Salute. Turn to the left over the Ponte del Cannaregio and continue along the Fondamenta Bella Vista and Fondamenta S. Marcuola. Pass over the Ponte of the latter to the Piazza of the same name, and return by the Ponte delle Botteghe to the Main Entrance. BY GONDOLA. — Board the boat by the Ponte Ducale and float along the Canale Lungo, under the Ponte della Piazza Grande, the Ponte del Cannaregio and the Ponte della Salute. Continuing along the Canale Grande, under the Ponte della Guidecca, and by the Canale dell’ Arsenale, through the Ponte del Traghetto to the landing pier. 9 B Was there ever a city since the world began so rich in Art, so fragrant in Romance, and so melodious in Song, as “ Venice .... The pleasant place of all festivity, the revel of the earth, the masque of Italy?’' Cradled in hardship and oppression early in the fourth century, the City, “ thron'd on her hundred isles," rose to be the centre of commerce for the civilised universe, and to write in imperishable records the “ history of a State unparalleled in Europe for permanence and stability.” — Okey. For over eleven centuries this proud State dominated its rivals, and its navies “ ruled the waves,” even to the extent of loaning some of its fighting ships to England to enable this country to assert its rights against the French ! Then came the inevitable decay that attends on all earthly power sooner or later, and, deprived of her commercial and maritime supremacy, Venice fell from her high estate and was left with but the one priceless consolation that she could never be deprived of — the glorious traditions that hallowed her memorable past. In poem and prose the best brains of Britain have chanted her praises ; and to-day sees the sea-streaked city the most sought after by travellers to the Sunny South. To all within these Islands the inexhaustible pleasures of such a journey can never be accorded. For this reason all that is best and most artistic of Venice’s architecture has been brought to the very doors of these unfortunate ones. It is “Venice by Night" — which means Venice at its perfection — seen under its most striking and faithful characteristics ; its churches, canals, bridges, and famous buildings accurately suggested ; its cafe, shop and street life portrayed in detail ; and the whole miniature city displayed under a star-lighted dome of azure blue to the plash of the gondoliers' oars, the clink of the castanets, and the melody of the mandoline and gay guitar. “Venice by Night” welcomes you warmly on the Fondamenta del Traghetto, and momentarily bewilders you with a sight of overwhelming richness. By the imposing and gracefully arched Ponte Ducale the gaily-garbed gondolier! ply for hire. Each gondolier stands upright on the stem of his shapely, though sombre-coloured, gondola. It was a sumptuary edict of the Great Council of Venice in the 1 6th Century that decreed the use of black draperies, 10 &c., as compulsory henceforth. Prior to this mandate extravagance ran riot in the gorgeous dressing and decoration of the boats. Gold embroideries, awnings of the richest stuff's, and sumptuous fittings prevailed, and vain display and the desire to excel rose to such a pitch as to result in blind improvidence and foolish impoverishment. Thus the wisdom of the autocrats’ decree. The fleet of thirty-six gondolas in use were specially made in, and imported from, Venice for use in the Empress Theatre; and the gondolieri, whose peculiar method of row- ing with one oar at the stern is unchanged since the 15th century, or even earlier, are likewise veritable Venetian pro- ducts. The black cabin cover to the gondolas, used only in the Winter time, is known as a feLze, while the small awnings now in use on some of the craft are intended as sunshades. Clean and picturesque are the gondolieri themselves in their summer garb, relieved by blue waist-sashes and black neckerchiefs, in which bits of colour they take much pride. As an armlet they wear the badge of the Lion of St. Mark. It is customary for Princes, Nobles, Ambas- sadors, etc., owning private gondolas, to decorate the boatmen with the heraldic device of their house. The State Gondola, as a contrast to its less important brethren, being reserved for carrying high dignitaries, is bronzed and gilded and draped richly in crimson velvet. As you cross the Ponte Ducale a handsome portico confronts you. It is a mixture of Gothic and Saracenic architecture, and a reproduction from one of the most effective features of the Ducal Palace on the Grand Canal. Pass between the stately pillars of the Portico and into the vivacious life and movement of the Piazza Grande. Here in this spacious quadrangle, bounded on one side by the Grand Canal, and on the others by crowded cafes and bright shops with their wares of gold, lace, silks, corals, tortoise-shell, beads, etc., exposed to the handling of the passer by. On the immediate right the building so richly ornate in coloured marbles is a replica of the Palazzo Dario. This represents the earliest type of Venetian Renaissance with the fanciful incrustation and ornaments of porphyry and serpentine in low relief. With the Ca d’Oro Caffe opposite it makes the two archi- ll tectural gems of Venice in the way of domestic architec- ture. Note the various sacred shrines in mosaics on the' corners of the house, and on the extreme right see the carved lion’s head which shows up in all manner of locali- ties and on the bridges as the symbol of the Patron, St. Mark. Reaching the Campo della Guidecca over the Ponte Dario a fine vista of the Grand Canal is readily available. Adjacent is an old Venetian fishing-boat with its great painted sails which light up the lagoons so with colour when catching a healthy breeze. Hanging from the masts are the hoop-nets so peculiar to this part of Italy, and equally distinctive locally are the capacious fish- baskets with their narrow mouths. It is a comment on the universality of superstition to note the watchful eye painted upon each side of the prow, a survival of the lowest prehistoric times, and as prevalent to-day among the primitive savages of the South Seas. By the canal sides here and there are mooring posts striped in colours, and some of them bearing on their tops the heraldic designs of the private families for whom they are reserved. In mid-stream clumps of piles break the current’s force, or serve as temporary anchorages for gondolas and other craft. Now and then on the water are encountered shrines before which the fisherman may pay his devotions before beginning his daily toil. The old Venetian balustrades oii the water-front of the Piazza are reproduced from actual casts in the South Kensington Museum, while the bases of the two Venetian standards are from Florentine Renaissance work in the same institution. Here it is well to pay a visit to the shops before listening to the Neapolitan musicians and dancers in the Piazza centre. The Venezia e Murano’s fine exhibit of glass, the display of furniture, jewellery, ceramics, straw-work, and scores of trifles indubitably of Italian handiwork will take up a pleasant hour’s inspec- tion. As you cross the Piazza the upper portions of the surrounding buildings have been specially erected in design to suggest the most striking portions of real Venice. The parapets and balconies and quaint windows, set off by gay flowers and plants, among which the oranges and oleanders, that the Venetians are so partial to, pre- 12 dominate. Inside the ground floors the artistically decorated ceilings have been reproduced in pure Venetian style, and on the roof-tops rise up the strange shaped chimneys so locall}^ characteristic. Now is approached what is likely to be considered by many the jewel of “ Venice by Night,” the Ca d’ Oro (the House of Gold), where is located an Italian caf6 for the provision of all manner of national light refreshments — syrups, ices, etc. The splendid portrayal of what has been termed ” the most Venetian of all Venetian palaces ” faces the Grand Piazza, and looks over the Grande Canale. The original building is now preserved as a national monu- ment, and ‘‘a more charming sight cannot be imagined than this small, delicately-coloured marble house’, with its daintily-chiselled windows and arcades ” by the green mirror of the Canal. The handsome Venetian glass elec- troliers in the Ca d’Oro Caffe were supplied by the Venezia e Murano Company. As you turn, to the Piazza centre, the glories of a “summer night in Venice” have indeed come convinc- ingly home to you, and one truly feels in “ The golden land of love and song.” From the distance float melodies of mandoline and guitar, the blending of Neapolitan male and female singers in their dulcet-toned songs of the homeland, or the click of the castanets is heard in the famous dance of the Tarantelle. The artistic ensemble of the Venetian night is maintained by the only light- ing coming from ordinary street lamps, and supplemented by the twinkling of a myriad stars overhead set in a cloudless canopy of clear blue sky. Continuing the promenade by means of the Ponte della Ca d’Oro the Rio del Terrazzo is crossed, and the Campo S. Gassiano attained. Hence the Ponte del Terrazzo bears one almost at once to a splendid representation on canvas of the Church of Sta. Maria della Salute from the Ponte del Cannaregio. Built to the design of Longhena in the seventeenth century this sacred edifice is one of the most popular in Venice. Here it is depicted in very life by the skilled hand of the scenic artist, who has not failed to show in all its splendour the picturesque facades, and the gracefully imposing cupola. It stands on the most magnificent site in Venice, and is regarded 13 in the mass as one of the architectural features of the city. The anniversary of its consecration is still a popular festi- val, and a bridge of boats is thrown upon the canal each November 21st to facilitate the foot traffic. The Ponte del Cannaregio, on which we stand, is also known as the Tre Archi — i.e,, triple-arched — and is one of the finest in Venice. From its centre arch an impressive per- spective may be seen along the Canale Lungo. Leaving the Fondamenta della Salute behind, a superb series of views may be obtained from the water-front of the Fondamenta Bella Vista. Under a typical portico we come to the Fondamenta S. Marcuola, with the famous unfinished church of that name faithfully reproduced by its side. Excluding the doorway and the lower portion of the accompanying walls, the marble panelling has never been completed, and doubtless never will. Above rises the rough, unfinished brick background, an unattractive condition of affairs that may be seen pertaining to many churches. throughout Italy. In the real S. Marcuola is a Titian painting of the Infant Saviour between Saints Catherine and Andrew. By the bridge opposite the church the Piazza of the same name may be reached. The Piazza S. Marcuola is smaller than the Piazza Grande, to which it is connected by a bridge across the Canale Lungo. After a tour of the various picturesque stalls of sale on the lesser Piazza the Ponte delle Botteghe leads back to architecture of historic and artistic interest as you walk under another portico towards the main entrance. The heavy marble brackets supporting the projecting first floor of the first building are taken from the Palazzo dei Contarini, better known as the Palazzo degli Scrigni. Here is a reproduc- tion of the famous Porta Paradiso (Gate of Paradise), one of the best known landmarks of Early Venice. Almost opposite is the pier of the gondolas, an indication our tour by land is over and that by water is about to commence. We have seen the wonders of “ Venice by Night” by land ; a still more pleasant recreation remains in seeing it from afloat with its piazze and bridges thronged with people and gaily lighted. It may be remembered that Venice stands upon no less than 117 islands, separated by 14 150 canali (broad canals) or rii (narrow canals). This archipelago is connected by 380 bridges. All the early bridges were wooden structures; in fact, that of the noted Rialto was only replaced by the present transmarine arcade in 1591. Still more modest crossings were but planks nailed on boats. Throughout the city all main traffic is by canal, upon which the average tide range is twenty inches, though on exceptional occasions the difference between high and low water has been known to reach six feet. What a chaos of bridges, passages, and canals the ancient city is! No wonder it has been termed in satire: “A ship of stone that has been anchored for thirteen centuries.” The pleasure-seeker in “ Venice by Night ” will not, how- ever, find any such confusion. The condensed essence of the beauties and sights of the real place has been extracted and arranged in one harmonious whole as a miniature, though accurate, copy. Boarding the gondola, we glide onward away from the handsome Ponte Ducale along the Canale Lungo. Close to the water-worn and mossy foundations of the buildings the extraordinary minuteness of detail comes as a surprise to everyone. Here are several frescoes of sacred per- sonages on which time and weather have indeed laid sacrilegious hands, and hopelessly disfigured what were once works of certain artistic merit. Quaint iron grids guard the windows, and we pass under the perfect arch of the Ponte Della Piazza Grande, decked with heads of the ubiquitous Lion of St. Mark. A partial, though strik- ing, view of the triple-arched Ponte del Cannaregio now comes on the sight, and provides a charming perspective. Note the realistic shadows on the buildings, and a mosaic shrine to the Virgin with its ever-burning light under a gable shelter. '' High up on the walls of the Houses of Nobility in bold relief are reproduced the family coat-of-arms, while, as we approach the famous Tre-archi, an auto-relief of the Virgin and Child catches the eye. Just here all that is suggestive ot Ancient Venice obtrudes itself. The plastered walls eaten away, cracked and decayed brick and stonework, rusted sewer-gratings and ring-bolts, and con- crete blackened by the soakage of centuries. The glories 15 of the Church of Sta. Maria della Salute tower above the gondola as it passes into the tunnelled canal through its Gothic archway. At the further end of the tunnel brightness and colour are provided by a faithful representation of a Venetian Fruit Stall in one corner. It is nothing more than a modest awning draped from an adjoining wall as a shelter for the fruit and vegetables displayed on baskets and rude shelves. These booths, in which the “ fruttivendoli ” do their busi- ness in most of the calli of Venice, are always set out in# good taste, and with a sense of the picturesque solely peculiar to the locality, fruit consisting of pears, apples, oranges, lemons, and green water-melons occupy one side ana are helped by the fresh colours of the glistening radishes, green peas, asparagus, and dull-textured beet- root in the other division. The poor of Venice practically live on the water-melon during the summer months, and the booths are kept going day and night. Shavings of tinted paper set off each assort- ment of fruit or vegetable, and while heightening the artistic effect, do not detract from the general un- studied rusticity. The “Black Triton of the Lagoons” glides placidly onward, and, passing under the Ponte della Salute, enters the wonderful panorama of the Grand Canal, immortalised in song and story. Behind us rise high the ornamented and coloured sails of the merchant craft coming in from the sea. The crescent decoration is significant of the days when the Turk dominated, and with the other markings serves as the signs of the shipping houses. A glimpse of the Gardens of the Royal Palace is caught on the left, and the splendid piece of scenic art painted by Mr. W. Telbin runs the whole length of the Canal, and absorbs attention. Venice itself has now to do without the Campa- nile, which, after standing for one thousand years, and look- ing as if it would last all time, gently sank to the earth on July 14th, 1Q02, but without causing loss of life. Both the Church of St. Mark and the Ducal Palace escaped un- injured, though Sansovino’s beautiful Loggetta and a por- tion of the Liberia Vecchia were crushed. It is for historic and sentimental reasons that the Campanile is in “ Venice by Night ” once more allowed to raise its crown proudly to the skies. 16 It is along this canal that the chief buildings are situated. In early ages the district was covered by thick verdure that sprang from the tenacious soil, which offered comparatively solid foundations for large edifices, i he Basilica of St. Mark was erected by a people who gloated in the display of wealth. Ostentation and costly material were its key- notes. For hundreds of years the East was ransacked for precious stones to adorn the sanctuary of Venice’s patron saint, and nearly every ship that sailed to the Levant had an open commission to bring back rare marble and fine gems for the embellishment of the Basilica. In a word, “ St. Mark’s is a jewelled casket wrought to preserve the Palladium of the Venetian people.” In one of its recesses once rested, before removal to England, the remains of Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, “Who at Venice gave his body to that pleasant country’s earth, and his pure soul unto his Captain, Christ, under whose colours he had fought so long .” — Richard II. Pausing by the Grand Piazza and the Ducal Palace, the scene is one of the brightest animation. Gay laughter and music are in the air, and strange accents form a relief to the prevailing and more homely mother tongue. From a moored barca come the melodious voices of the sere- naders, life in all its jollity bubbles and effervesces around the Ca d’Oro and Palazzo Dario, and vivacious spirits are everywhere predominant. It does not, indeed, need much stimulus to imagine, as one sits in the Piazza, that “the atmosphere, exquisitely delicate and clear, changes from pale blue to amethyst, pink, turquoise, dark blue, and indigo; and the night is lovelier than the day.” Looking at the Ducal Palace, where the autocratic Doges once held sway, is to open a mint of thought, and to turn over many thrilling pages in the Book of History. To-day the great palace is a public museum, the haunt of sight- seers and travellers, and merely the empty tomb of the power and pride of those who once passed up the Golden Staircase. Looming up beyond the Bridge of Straw in the foreground is the Ponte Del Sospiri, to English ears hal- lowed as the “ Bridge of Sighs.” 17 c “I stood in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand : I saw from out the wave her structures rise, As from the stroke of the enchanter’s wand : Where Venice sat in state, thron’d on her hundred isles!” — Byron, Tradition is responsible for the widely-prevalent impres- sion that over this last enclosed structure noted offenders crossed lo their doom in the adjoining prison. It is a pity to interfere with the romance of history, so we will con- tent ourselves with noting that it was built about 1600 by (Jontino. A beautiful vista of the Canal and Piazza is obtained as the gondola approaches the Ponte Della Guidecca. The hshing craft at anchor, the sacred shrines in the overhang- ing buildings, the glittering starlight, and the moving masses of life and colour on both land and water make up a tout ensemble of kaleidoscopic magnificence. It was on the Guidecca that Michael Angelo was living when invited to submit a design for the Ponte Di Rialto, which comes into view as we float along the Canale Dell’ Arsenale. Angelo’s creation was rejected as too costly. The structure represented on the scenery was built in 1588-92. The Annunciation is sculptured on one side, Gabriel and the Virgin on the spandrels, and a dove on the keystone. The landing-stage on the Piazza Grande is reached after passing under the Ponte del Traghetto, and we are once more at liberty to join the moving throng. 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The name LEVER on soap i* a guarantee of purity and excellence. CAB DISTANCES FROM WARWICK ROAD ENTRANCE Measured by Authority of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Warwick Road, Trebovir Road, Earl’s Court, to or from:— MILES. YDS. Albert Rd., Regent’s Pk. Avenue Rd. 4 398 Rank of England Threadneedle St. 5 568 Battersea Rdge. Beaufort St., Chelsea 1 664 Battersea Pk. Chelsea Suspension Bridge 2 1094 Bayswater Road Forchester Terrace 2 165 Bedford Square .. ..Bloomsbury 5 1643 Belgrave Square 2 241 Berkeley Square 2 1714 Boltons, The (N.W. Corner) W. Brompton — 1078 Bryanston Square.. ..Marylehone 3 257 Cambridge Circus (centre) Charing Cross Road 3 871 Campden Hill Road. Upper Fhillimore Gardens 1 111 Campden Hill Sq. Holland Fark Av. 1 1095 Castelnau, Barnes, Lonsdale Road Within Radius, 1 m. 276 yds. 2 127 Beyond Radius, — m. 1611 yds. 2 127 Cavendish Square ... Marylehone 3 1051 Charing Cross King Charles Statue 3 968 Chester Square St. Michael’s Church 2 511 Clapham High Street, “ The Flough ” 3 1673 Clapham Common Broomwood Road 3 928 Dorset Square .. . .Marylehone 3 803 Downing Street Treasury Fassage 3 1170 Earl’s Court Road Cromwell Road — 608 Eaton Square St. Feter’s Church 2 619 Eccleston Sq. (S.W. Corner) Fimlico 2 1007 Edgware Road Marylehone Road 2 1683 Fleet Street .. ..Fetter Lane 4 636 Fulham Road W. London Cemetery, Brompton — 1312 Fulham High Street, Fulham Road Within Radius, 1 m. 714 yds. 1 1403 Beyond Radius, — m. 689 yds. 1 1403 Fulham Palace Road, Lillie Road Within Radius, 1 m. 84 yds. 1 692 Beyond Radius, — m. 608 yds. 1 692 Gloucester Rd . Queen’s Gate Terrace — 1695 Gloucester Square.. ..Faddington 2 997 Golden Square .. ..St. James’s 3 463 Grosvenor Place .. Chapel Street 2 633 Grosvenor Square.. .. Mayfair 2 1736 Grove End Road Circus Road, St. John’s Wood 3 1233 Hamilton Terrace Abercorn Flace, St. John’s Wood 3 1300 Hammersmith Road Brook Green 1 65 Haxley 8t. Devonshire St., Marylehone 3 1472 High Holborn Southampton Street 3 16R4 Houses of Parliament Centre of Palace Yard 3 936 Lisson Grove Marylehone Road 3 366 London Bridge Adelaide Place, City 5 859 Long Acre . .St. Martin’s Lane 3 88i Ludgate Circus City 4 1010 Manchester Square ..Marylehone 3 648 Marble Arch .. Oxford Street 2 1715 Marylehone Road . . Albany Street 4 179 Oxford Street . . Regent Circus 3 816 Oxford Street . . New Bond Street 3 701 MILES. YDS. Paddington Green (S. Side) The Church 2 1752 Pail Mall War Office 3 352 Park Lane .. .. Grosvenor Gate 2 1561 Piccadilly .. ..Half Moon Street 2 1113 Piccadilly Circus .. Regent Street 235 Portland Place ..Weymouth Street 3 1545 Post Office (Gen.) St. Martin’s le Grand 5 3 Red Lion Sq. (St. John’s Ch.) Holborn 4 193 Regent’s Park Cumberland Terrace {Centre of) 4 1090 Regent’s Park .. Hanover Gate 4 2 Regent’s St. Langham PL, The Church 3 1150 Russell Square .. Bloomsbury 4 418 St. George’s Sq. Lupus St., Fimlico 3 72 St. James’s Sq. York St., St. James’s 3 234 St. Paul’s Churchyard Ludgate Hill 4 1346 Shaftesbury Avenue Broad Street, Bloomsbury 3 1209 Shepherd’s Bush Green (East End of).. 1 767 Sloane Square (S.E. Corner) Royal Court Theatre 1 1690 Railway Station .. 1 1690 Sloane Street .. Pont Street 1 1528 Soho Sq. (S.W. Corner) Frith Street 3 1014 Strand .. .. Law Courts 4 356 Tavistock Square St. Pancras 4 933 RAILWAY STATIONS. Addison Rd. West London Extension — 1459 Cannon Street .. South Eastern 5 462 Charing Cross .. South Eastern 3 M84 Clapham Jun. (L.B. & S.(3.) _ Prested Road Cab Stand 2 1757 Clapham Jun. (L. & S.W.) Cab Stand 3 247 Euston ... .. North Western 4 136C Fenchurch Street .. .. Blackwall 5 1335 King’s Cross .. Great Northern 5 190 Liverpool Street .. Great Eastern 5 1370 London Briderp London & Brighton 5 675 Mansion House Metr ,politan District 5 109 Marylehone .. .. Great Central 3 622 Moorgate Street .. Metropolitan 5 886 Paddington .. .. Great Western 2 1280 St. Pancras Midland 4 1700 St. Paul’s . . Chatham & Dover 4 1199 Vauxhall .. .. South Western 3 1150 Victoria (Centre of Frontage) . . . . 2 1203 Waterloo (L & S.W.) Main Line Depart. 4 419 Westbourne Park Great Western 2 926 THEATRES, PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, ETC. Adelphi Theatre .. .. Strand 3 1256 Albert Hall Kensington Road 1 766 Alhambra Leicester Square 3 697 Drury Lane Theatre Catherine Street 3 1489 Haymarket Theatre 3 587 N.B. — The Distances are measured from the centre of Warwick Road, opposite the centre of Trebovir Road, to the centre of Roads, Entrance Gates of Hospitals and Cemeteries. Booking Offices of Railway Stations, the N.W. Corners of^ Squares, unless otherwise stated, and across Hyde Park w'hen that route shortens the distance. MetropolitanIPolice Office. One Mile is 1.760 yards. E. R. C. BRADFORD, 11th April, 1900. The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. CAB DISTANCES FROM WEST BROMPTON ENTRANCE. Measured by Authority ot the Commissioner ot Police ot the Metropolis. WEST BROMPTOH STATIOM, RICHMOMD ROAD, to or from:— MILES. VDS. Albert Rd., Regent’s Pk. Avenue Rd. 4 758 Rank of England Tlireadneedle Street 5 613 Battersea St. Mary’s Church, Ch. Rd. 1 1518 Battersea Beige Beaufort St., Chelsea 1 568 Bedford Square .. ..Bloomsbury 3 1688 Belgrave Square 2 228 Berkeley Square 2 1759 Bloomsbury Square .... . . 4 69 Boltons, The (N.W. Corner) West Brompton — 982 Bryanston Square . . ..Marylebone 3 398 Buckingham Pal. Rd. Ebury Bridge 2 578 Cambridge Circus (centre) Charing Cross Road 3 916 Campden Hill Sq. Holland Bark Av. 1 1600 Cavendish Square ..Marylebone 3 1096 Charing Cross King Charles Statue 3 1013 Chester Square .. The Church 2 484 Cl’p’m Com (S.E. Cr.) Balh’m Hill Rd. 3 1445 Dorset Square .. ..Marylebone 3 940 Downing Street Treasury Bass&ge 3 1120 Earl’s Court Road Cromwell Road — 1123 Eaton Square .. The Church 2 606 Eccleston Sq. (S.W. Corner) Pimlico 2 965 Edgware Road Marylebone Road 3 64 Elgin Avenue Shirland Road 3 758 Fleet Street . . . . Fetter Lane 4 681 Fulham Road W. Lon. Cemetery, Brompton — 1216 Gloucester Rd . Queen’s Gate Terrace 1 245 Gloucester Square Paddington 2 1138 Golden Square .. ..St. James’s 3 508 Grosvenor Place .. Chapel Street 2 620 Grosvenor Square . . . . Mayfair 3 21 Grove End Road Circus Road, St. John’s Wood 3 1593 Hamilton Terrace Abercorn Place, St. John’s Wood 3 1660 Hammersmith Broadway Within Radius, 1 m. 609 yds. 1 1107 Beyond Radius, — m. 498 yds. 1 1107 Hanover Square 3 705 Harley St. Devonshire St., Marylebone 3 1613 Harrow Road .. Elgin Avenue 3 106 High Holborn Southarnpton Street 3 1729 Houses of Parliament Centre of Palace Yard 3 911 Kensington High St. Church St. 1 472 King’s Road, Chelsea Sydney Street 1 858 Knightsbridge .. Sloane Street 1 1594 Ladbroke Grove St. John’s Church 2 248 Lavender Hill ..The Town Hall 2 1257 London Bridge Adelaide Place, City 5 904 Long Acre . . . .St. Martin’s Lane 3 926 Ludgate Circus City 4 1055 Maida Hill Aberdeen Place, Edgware Road 3 746 Manchester Square . .Marylebone 3 765 Mansion House City 5 514 Marble Arch . . Oxford Street 3 96 Marylebone Rd. St. Marylebone Ch. 3 1434 Onslow Square ., .. Brompton 1 96 Oxford Street Tottenham Court Road 3 1297 Paddington Green The Church 3 352 Pall Mall War Office 3 397 Park Lane .. .. Grosvenor Gate 2 1606 Pembridge Square Notting Hill 2 65 Piccadilly .. .. Old Bond Street 2 1594 Piccadilly Circus .. Regent Street 3 280 Portland Place Weymouth Street 3 1614 Post OfSce (Gen.) St. Martin’s le Grand 5 48 Queen Anne’s Gate Western Side, Westminster 3 269 MILES. VDS. Queen’s Road, Bayswater Porchester Gardens 2 673 Red Lion Sq. (St. John’s Ch.) Ho(5orn 4 238 Regent’s Park Cumberland Terrace (Centre of) 4 1294 Regent s Park . . Hanover Gate 3 1625 Regent St. Langham PI, The Church 3 1195 Russell Square . . Bloomsbury 4 463 St. George’s Sq. Lupus St., Pimlico 3 30 St. James’s Sq. York St., St. James’s 3 279 St. Paul’s Churchyard Ludgate Hill 4 1391 Shaftesbury Av. Broad St., Bloomsbury 3 1254 Shepherd’s Bush Green (East End of) 1 1285 Sloane Square (S.E. Corner) Royal Court Theatre 1 1648 Railway Station . . 1 1648 Sloane Street .. ..Pont Street 1 1515 Soho Sq. (S.W. Corner) Frith Street 3 1059 Somerset House Strand 3 1745 Southwick Crescent (Paddington) The Church 2 1338 Strand Law Courts 4 401 Tavistock Square .. St. Pancras 4 978 Westbourne Grove Hereford Road 2 539 RAILWAY STATIONS. Addison Rd. West London Extension 1 217 Cannon Street . . South Eastern 5 507 Charing Cross . . South Eastern 3 1229 Clapham Jun. (L.B. & S.C.) ..Prested Road Cab Stand 2 1661 Clapham Jun. (L. & S.W.) Cab Stand 3 68 Euston North Western 4 1406 Fenchurch Street . . . . Blackwall 5 1380 King’s Cross .. Great Northern 5 235 Liverpool Street Great Eastern 5 1415 London Bridge London & Brighton 5 650 Mansion House Metropolitan District 5 154 Moorgate Street .. Metropolitan 5 931 Paddington .. .. Great Western 2 1640 St. Pancras Midland 4 1745 St. Paul’s Chatham & Dover 4 1244 Vauxhall .. .. South Western 3 1108 Victoria (centre of Frontage) .. 2 1178 Waterloo (L & S.W.) Main Line Depart. 4 412 Westbourne Park Great Western 2 1401 THEATRES, PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, ETC. Adelphi Theatre .. .. Strand 3 1301 Albert Hall.. ..Kensington Road 1 1076 Alhambra . . . . Leicester Square 3 742 Botanic Gardens .. Regent’s Park 4 149 Covent Garden Theatre Bow Street 3 1393 Drury Lane Theatre Catherine St. 3 15j> 4 Gaiety Theatre . . . . 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