The stranger's illustrated pocket guide to Philadelphia, embracing a description of the principal objects of interest in and around the city, with directions how to reach them . SWEDISH SCHOOL-HOUSE. bcsques and reproductions of subjects from Nature are executed with a 40 CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. clearness and precision such as we are accustomed to admire on thelacquered-ware cabinets and the bronzes of Japan.. SPANISH BUILDING. The neat little Swedish School-house, of unpainted wood, that standsnext to the main Japanese building, is attractive for its peculiarity ofconstruction. It was erected
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The stranger's illustrated pocket guide to Philadelphia, embracing a description of the principal objects of interest in and around the city, with directions how to reach them . SWEDISH SCHOOL-HOUSE. bcsques and reproductions of subjects from Nature are executed with a 40 CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. clearness and precision such as we are accustomed to admire on thelacquered-ware cabinets and the bronzes of Japan.. SPANISH BUILDING. The neat little Swedish School-house, of unpainted wood, that standsnext to the main Japanese building, is attractive for its peculiarity ofconstruction. It was erected by Swedish carpenters. The contemporaries and ancient foes of the Northmen have a memo-rial in the beautiful Alhanibra-like edifice of the Spanish government.Spain has no architecture so distinctive as that of the Moors, and theselection of their style for the present purpose was in good taste.Seated not far from the Spanish buildings, and side by side with that ofBrazil, are the handsome German buildings. The larger building isappropriated especially to the use of the German Commissioners ; thetwo smaller ones are devoted chiefly to the exhibition of wines andchemicals. France is represented by three small structures, —one for the generaluse of the French Commission, another for the special display of bronzes, and the third for another art-manufacture for which France is becomingeminent, —stained gl