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A STROM, THROUGH BERUSF. 121
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t XVIIL—A STUOLL, THROUGH BEBXJlNr.
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The Lettersrelative To The Emigrantsare ...
tell them we constantly think and speak of them . Grive our lovetooto all , ,
our relations and to Mrs . H . I wish she-were here , I am sure she would ci succeed pal streets ; B , and , too have . We so many feel quit kind e friends at home . in It Brisbane is not unusual , know to all see the a prin car- - door
riage-and-four at our , so you may imagine what grand acquaintances we have . We have only been here a fortnight and two days , and are already quite
comfortabl are all comfortabl y off . By and the well next settled mail . I trust Onl to one be of able the to Miss tell H you that s has we a situation yet , and y that is It -, the one who y was in Derby ; she will have
. £ 60 per annum , as daily governess . Good bye , dearest S ; my best love to T , and tell him to re-D member s . us I to wish his some friends of , the to M latter would and W write and A tell especial us all chap ly , and el news the .
Kemember us to all the T people . Ever your loving sister ,
A Strom, Through Berusf. 121
A STROM , THROUGH _BERUSF . 121
T Xviil—A Stuoll, Through Bebxjlnr.
t XVIIL—A _STUOLL , THROUGH _BEBXJlNr . Paut II .
? A Gai^Ery Carried Over The Street On A...
? A gai _^ ery carried over the street on arches , and forming within an eleg'ant hall of windowsthe row of them on each side being
, only divided from each other "by polished white Corinthian pilasters , while the floor is of mosaic and the roof white and goldrelieved
, by delicate lines of pale blue , unites the Old Museum with the new one behind it , containing chiefly sculpture and antiquities , and also
the wonderful " wall pictures" or frescoes of Kaulbach . There is symbolism in these too , but , unlike those in the vestibule of the Old
Museum , there is fact also , and while their deeper meaning , as showing forth phases in the development of civilization , appeals to
the reflective , each picture , complete in itself as the representation , however fanciful , of some actual eventorat leastof real
, , , personages , conveys , even by its mere name , some explicit idea to the most ordinary intelligence . The " Destruction of the Tower of
Babel " shows the dispersion of mankind and their separation into tion different ; the races fct Destruction ; " Homer of and Jerusalem the Greek " s " manifests typify classical the civiliza o £ -
power [ Rome and the end of the Jewish dispensation ; the " Slaughter of the Huns at Chalons" symbolizes the triumph of Christianity over
European heathenism , and the " Taking of the Holy Sepulchre by sixth the Crusaders and last compartment " is a further , destined illustration to represent of the same " Modern subject Times . The '
is still vacant . These colossal pictures , each measuring 20 feet , high by 24 feet wide , cover the walls of the Grand Staircase hi the
New Museum , the spaces between being filled up with a number of single allegorical figures , forming an appropriate frame to each
group .
VOX . XT . K
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/49/
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