ABSTRACT
The good sense of the Commissioners had disregarded all suggestions of pomp or ceremonial at the close. The feelings of the people were left to their own natural and spontaneous expression, and no studied demonstration could have been half so impressive as that which their own instincts prompted. The most interesting class of visitors are les hommes speciaux; men who really go to study what relates to their own particular handicraft or art. They are easily known by the earnest look which seems to dissect the object of their attention, varied by an occasional expression of approbation or the contrary. One of the impressions that will remain indelibly engraven on the minds of those who visited the Exhibition, is that of the unequalled behaviour of the men employed in preserving order. But now Art must, if it be to flourish at all, strike its roots deep and wide into soil, and such as that soil is, will be the fruits.
