Sir Julius Vogel has made, in a letter addressed to
the Times, what appears to us to be an admirable and practical suggestion as to the beat method of ascertaining the various improvements in arts and manufactures brought to light by successive International Exhibitions. He observes that it usually happens that " de- serving and interesting exhibits are hidden by worthless objects ; " that the sense of this reacts on exhibitors of real merit ; while on the other hand, such Exhibitions "are largely used as a means of advertising showily got-up and superficially attractive articles." Sir Julius proposes that after the main exhibition there should be a supplementary exhibition of all the articles which are praised, by the Juries. Thus the real artistic, scientific, and commercial results of the exhibition would be, as it were, concentrated in a sort •of microcosm. The suggestion well deserves the attention of the Royal Commission and of the French Government.
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