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Show C.\L\'1\~ Clll' RC!l \:\ll CII\IR. GI·.:\E \ ' :'\ Douchar 1. ~ ubsequ ently it fe ll into the hands of the English. T here are, in thi ~ 1Ju cum, 1650 editions of the Bi ble, and among them is the first is . uc from the printing p ress. This 11azarine Dible \vas printed in Latin and on vellum by Cutenberg and F aust, in 1455. Other edit ions of the llolv 11ook arc clone, as th oug h by hand . and ktn i;1 them hand decorati on of borders and picture. th at a re really wonderful in their execution. The li brary here is immen se. \\ 'c arc told that one copy of every book publi shed, in England, must be s~ n t to thi s library, and that the annual in crease in boo ks from this one source w:ts more than . e\·enty-five th ou sa tlcl last , ·ca r. T he National Picture Call ery. must not he un notice d. It is located on the north s ide of Traia lgar Square, where the ,·ict on · of IAwcl Xelson over the French, in 1~05, i r~membercd by a fluted column of granite. surmounted In· a statue oi the courageous .\elmira!, and gu:1r~lecl at each corner b) immense bronze lions. \\'ell the Caller.' is not so large as man\· nf th~ European ( ;;lllcries, yet it contains sm;1e of the choice produ cts of the most ce lebrated artists. ::\l os t of the .\ational Scl10ols oi Painting are represented here. "St Catherine nf \l cxandria," and "Pope Julius II," hy Raphael, arc here. "The 11 oly Family," ancl "Ecce I !onw." and ··~l crcury Instructing Cupid," hy ('orreggio, arc here. "'The J uclgmcnt of Pari-;," and "The Rape of the Sabine-;," by Rubens, are here. ''Christ Di sputing in the Temple," h_\ l)a \ ' inci , is here. Time would fail us to speak oi Titian, :\fnri ll o, ( ;uiclo, Rembrandt and scores of oth<.·rs who han \\ ronghl with ..,uch artistic skil l. That famous painting of Rosa Bonhcur'., "The I lor e Page One llundrccl Forty- nine |
