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Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume XVII (Large Print Edition)
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume XVII - Large Print Edition Author:Various None of the European exhibitions we have sketched partook of the nature of an anniversary or was designed to commemorate an historical event. Some idea of celebrating the close of the calendar half-century may have helped to determine the choice of 1851 as the year for holding the first London fair; but if so, it was only with reference to the g... more »eneral progress during this period, and not to any notable fact at its commencement.« less