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the Church of St. Lorenzo in Lugano, but Ins manner of representa- 
tion is such that the forms appear as if they belonged to a later 
Century. 
Ccmton Waadt. — “ Recueil de Dessin Lineaire,” by Th. 
Stenilen ; based upon antiquated principles. 
a Cant, <n Zürich. — “ Copies for Geometrical Drawing,” by 
Ferd. Graberg; mostly architectural motives. By the same 
author, “ Wall-Charts for Elementary Instruction in Freehand 
Drawing,” forms of leaves, in which, however, the peculiar 
shadows at the edges are troublesome, rather than helpful. 
There were furthermore exhibited “ Copies for Landscape 
Drawing,” in drawings by A. Corrodi, which commended them- 
selves by their attractive motives and neat execution. The same 
author’s pretty “ Studies from Plants for Ornaments,” must also 
be mentioned. 1 
B may surprise the reader to find no allusion to tha Polytechnical 
Sehoo! of Zunch in Prof. Langl’s “Report.” Tina omission is,'however 
explamed by the fact tliat the Polytechnical School did not exbibit at 
Vienna (the Offieial Swiss Catalogue, at least, makes no mention of such an 
exlnbmon), and that Prof. Langl’s attention was directed inore especially to 
artistic and art-mdustnal education than to purely technical education. That 
in! Z r ° n f Ven at the mstitution in question is purely technical, employ- 
in 0 drawing only as a means for reaching technical ends, hecomes apparent 
fiom the list of sections into which the school is divided: — P 
1. The School of Architecture. 
2. The Engineering School. 
3. The Meehanical-Technical School. 
4. The Chemical-Technical School. 
5. The School of Agriculture and Forestry. 
Phüo^phy eCti0n f0r tha Training of Teachers in Mathematics and Natural 
7. The Section for Philosophy and Political Economy. 
8. The Mathematical Preparatory Course. 
The great excellence of the school, as well as the peeuniary advantages 
scholars^whi h 7 ° f Z “™ h ’ iS pIaMy in dicated by the numberof hs 
!n parts ofkew’m A T the annexed list ' are a “raoted »o « from 
au parts of the World. Accordmg to the offlcial “ Report on the Organization 
and the Actiyity of the Swiss Polytechnical School at Zürich,” prepared for the 
ieuna ° rl(1 s Fair, the number of scholars attending the school in 1872 
cam7f n ro ° 689 ’ ° f "' h - Ch 242 ° Dl ™ e nath ’ es of Switzerland while 4I7 
came from foreign countnes, as follows: Germany, 42; Hungarv, 79- Bohemia 
14, other Austnan States, 98; Russia and Finland 44- Pol-iml '»ml Titi • ’ 
9; 
the Principalit.es of the Dauube, 18; Sweden and Norway, 9; Denrn^k 6 ;