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                                      THE ART-JOURNAL CATALOGUE OF
  This very beautiful work, in silver, is the  THE sERFS. A freed serf is
"crossing himself"  as he scatters seed over his own land. The
production of PAUL OVTCHINNIKOFF, an eminent                            
              figures and baaai-relievi touchingly illustrate the
goldsmith of Moscow. It is constructed as an                            
              most glorious incident in the history of Russia:
INKSTAND, but is designed to commemorate that                           
              the upper ba8-relief in front illustrates the
great boon to Russia which gave FREEDOM TO                              
              people taught by the Bible; on the oppobite
  side is another bas-relief, which aptly records the "Reading of the
Manifesto of Freedom" Ion the memorable 19th of February, 1861.
  successful manner, exemplifies the adaptation of early Art to the early
Arts of different races andaregions, as well as of successive
  tastes and requirements of our own times,                       eras in
the progress of the same race and in the history of the
    With the examples of Adaptations from the Antique which the same region,
may be here studied separately; or they may be
  Exposition contains in such va'st numbers, the wise thoughtful- brought
together for comparison; their full powers may be
  ness of the Emperor has associated a museum of veritable ancient discovered,
and their teaching may be rightly applied.    The
  Art within, the walls and under the roof of the Palace of the immense value
of this connection of the works of past ages with
  Exposition itself. The innermost circle has been specially awigned  the
productions of to-day may not be generally felt in the first
  for the formation of a museum, to which all countries might con- instance;
but, assuredly, it will be correctly understood and duly
  tribute specimens from their own choicest collections, with a 'view  estimated
by all who have learned to distinguish what is noble
  to illustrate the history of human thought and human work in all and precious
in Art, and who also have taken a part in the grand
  past ages and in every quarter of the globe. Thus, in this un- enterprise
which aspires to gather together, for the benefit of the
  rivalled museum  ancient Art speaks out for itself through its present
and the future, whatever is noblest and most precious
  works. What ancient Art has accomplished, and consequently in all Art throughout
all time.
  what it is able to teach, is here shown by actual examples. The
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