THE Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park has closed. The jewels, the statues of marble, the

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painted glass, the loud-pealing organs, the powerful machines, the curious things in gold, silver, pearls, ivory, silk, lace, china, glass, and tapestry are sold or removed by their owners. They will not be seen again as they have been seen, filling the people of many lands with astonishment and delight. Like all the works of man, they have passed away.

In the CHILD'S COMPANION of last year some of the most singular of these works of art and skill were described, and, it is hoped, not without some pleasure and profit to youthful readers. To what shall we look to interest them for the year 1852? We have a thought -a wish-a purpose. We will conduct them to an Exhibition filled with the wonderful works of God. Its roof is the blue and lofty sky; its flooring is of emerald green; its treasures are a thousand objects from nearly every country of the world. In its midst is a small palace of glass," full of the grand and the beautiful. Around it are productions of all tints and colours, from the deepest green to the purest white: there the crimson, the yellow, the purple, the ruddy, and the russet, all mingle in sweetest beauty. The rare and the common, the lofty and the lowly, that which can please the eye, the taste, or the sense of smell, are seen side by side. It is an Exhibition for all the year round, though at some seasons it is more lovely than at others. Nor does it pass away with a single year, but from age to age it continues to gladden the hearts and promote the good of old and young. And what proves an attraction to many is, that it may be entered without payment of money; the poor are