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greatest of space is remarkable. In the Place de Hal also is to be seen excellent collection of armor, antiquities of Belgium, and in the upper story, the Ravenstein collection of gems and antiquities. 

In Amsterdam, Levden and the Hague are world-famed collections. In the first named city, the museum building is quite imposing and the representations of Dutch life worth studying. The curator was extremely unfortunate in missing Dr. Schmeltz and other ethnologists. The historical and ethnological collections here rank with those of London, Paris, Berlin and Copenhagen. 

In Antwerp in the Plantenian collection, perhaps the most complete technical unit exhibit in the world. In the National Museum a perfect specimen includes three requisites: a genuine object, pictures of the object in process of manufacture and in use, and, finally, full description of its origin, structure and function. These lay the foundation for the cabinet, the portfolio and the archives. The Plantinean museum shows the history of the art of printing, in machinery and appli nces, in pictures and in histories of printing and apparatus. 

Time would not allow the curator to extend his visit f^[[u]]r^[[t]]her than to the Museums mentioned. The prevailing impression left upon his mind is that, varying as they