diameter, requires five hours for winding the striking parts. The
striking bell of the clock tower is one of the largest known; it weighs
thirteen tons, and can be heard, in favorable weather, over the greater
portion of London. One never tires in looking at this noble building.
It is appropriately adorned inside and out with elaborate carvings,
statuary, and paintings. Here are located the Chamber of Peers, the
House of Commons, and numerous royal apartments, lavishly fitted
up to be in keeping with the office and dignity of the building.

Crystal Palace, situated about eight miles southeast of St. Paul's,
consists entirely of glass and iron. Its main hall, or nave, is 1,608
feet long, with great cross sections, two aisles, and numerous lateral
sections. The two water towers at the ends are each 282 feet high.
If you were at the World's Fair in Chicago, and visited the Transportation
Building, you may imagine something of the magnitude and beauty of
Crystal Palace, with her orchestra, concert hall, and opera-house; with
her fountains, library, and school of art; with her museums, gardens,
and arenas; with her parks, panoramas, and her numerous exhibits of
nature and art. Near the center of the palace "is the great Handel
Orchestra, which can accommodate 4,000 persons, and has a diameter
twice as great as the dome of St. Paul's. In the middle is the powerful
organ with 4,384 pipes, built at a cost of $30,000, and worked by
hydraulic machinery. An excellent orchestra plays here daily." The
concert-hall on the south side of the stage can accommodate an
audience of 4,000. An excellent orchestra plays here daily. "On each
side of the great nave are rows of courts, containing in chronological
order, copies of the architecture and sculpture of the most highly
civilized nations, from the earliest period to the present day." The
gardens of Crystal Palace cover two hundred acres, and are beautifully
laid out "with flowerbeds, shrubberies, fountains, cascades, and