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IMPORTANT REDUCTION IN PRICES.

Nitrate of Silver, in 10-oz. parcels, 3/3 per oz.; Hypo Soda, 14/- per cwt.; Cyanide of Potassium, 1/8 per lb.; in Sticks, 2/3 per lb.; Citric Acid, 4/6 per lb.; Glacial Acetic, 0 d at 50°, 1/4 per lb.

A Proportionate Increase in Prices Charged for Smaller Quantities than those above named.

FALLOWFIELD'S SENSITIZED PAPER

Prints more rapidly than ordinary albumenized Paper; is uniform in quality, requires no fuming, and will keep for months without changing Colour.

White, Pink, or Blue Tint-Price, per Quire, 13/6; Half-Quirc, 7/-; Quarter-Quire, 3/9; per Sheet, 10d. (exclusive of postage); Highly Albumenized Paper, by the Quire, 5/-; by the Ream, £4 10/-.

ALL TINTED PAPERS SAME PRICE.

LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO SHIPPERS. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AT

FALLOWFIELD'S PHOTOGRAPHIC, CHEMICAL, AND MATERIAL WAREHOUSE, 36, LOWER MARSH, LAMBETH. S.

J. COOKE,

WHOLESALE & EXPORT PHOTOGRAPHIC WAREHOUSE

126, Hoxton Street, London.

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COOKE'S ALBUMENIZED PAPERS.

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per Quire 6/-

Good Albumenized Paper

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Each sheet picked and stamped "J. Cooke, London." White, Pink, and Mauve, the same price.

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A proportionate increase in Price charged for smaller quantities than those named of the above.

COOKE'S SENSITIZED PAPER

Is prepared by a process that enables it to retain its sensitiveness and capability of printing and toning after a long period without any diminution in the purity of the whites or the quality of tone. Per Quire, 14/-; Half-Quire, 7/-; Quarter-Quire, 4/-; 10d. per sheet.

Postage will be charged extra. Sample, Post Free, 1s.

THE ARTIST'S POSING CHAIR,

With Four Backs, by which the most elegant posing can be obtained. It is richly upholstered in Utrecht Velvet, and forms a very handsome

appendage to the studio. Photographs on application. Price complete, 126s.

THE CLOTH BACKGROUND,

The best and most useful Plain Background known. In any length of eight feet wide, perfectly seamless, and in six different tint

FRENCH

Price 3,- per foot run. Patterns sent on application.

AGENT FOR THE

MOUNTS (Trade Mark, "Ch.D.")

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English Mounts of all kinds, with or without cut-out aperture, kept in stock or made to order. India-tinted Mounts. Special quotatio

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ANTHONY RIVOT & CO., Willesden Green, London, N. W.

Parcels by Rail addressed-A. RIVOT & CO., "Green Man" Booking Office, Oxford Circus, London.

Fine and Brilliant Glaze. Every print gua-
ranteed, and returned the day after reception.
Enamelling with Fancy Borders,
Adapted on Plain Prints received.
Specimen Card, 1/..

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STERED.

MORLEY'S NEW CATALOGUE

OF CHOICE SECOND-HAND LENSES, CAMERAS, & APPARATUS, By DALLMEYER, Ross, & others. "We have this week to acknowledge receipt of Mr. Morley's New Edition of Catalogue (one of our best known dealers in New and Second-hand Appliances for Photography). It is exceedingly difficult to mention any Optical or Mechanical piece of Photographic Apparatus which is not represented in the goodly array of second-hand goods described in Mr. Morley's Catalogue. But in addition to the various and numerous second-hand articles are many others quite new, some of the cameras being, apparently, specialities manufactured by Mr. Morley." - The British Journal of Photography, March 29, 1878.

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POST FREE TWO STAMPS.

W. MORLEY (doors North of), 70, UPPER ST., ISLINGTON, N.

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Each Additional Line
Advertisements containing more than the stipu-
ated number of words will be either curtailed or
excluded. No Announcements will be inserted
nless prepaid.

Repeated insertions, and special positions or style,
by contract.
Advertisements intended for insertion should be
forwarded (prepaid) to PIPER & CARTER, 15, Gough
Square, E.C., and should reach the office not later
than 3 p.m. on Thursday.

It is requested that P.O.O. instead of postage stamps be forwarded in payment A fee of 6d. must be forwarded in cases where the Publishers are expected to receive and forward letters in reply to advertisements.

SUPERIOR LIFE-SIZE SOLAR

ENLARGEMENTS

IN 24 HOURS.

MADE direct from Photographers' own

negatives, cartes-de-visite, glass positives Daguerreotypes, and other portraits, and the best results given on plain or albumen paper at the foltowing prices:-10 by 8, 2s.; 12 by 10, 2s. 6d.; 14 by 12, 3s. 6d.; 20 by 16, 48.; 23 by 18, 5s. 6d.; 24 by 20, 6s.; 30 by 25, 8s. 6d. All the larger sizes at the same moderate prices.

LIFE-SIZE HEAD and BUST, finished in Oils, Water, or in Crayons, from 25s., 30s., 40s. 603., 80s., 100s., according to the finish; or worked-up in Sepia, in Indian Ink or Carbon, from 25s. upwards, according to the finish.

LIFE-SIZE HEAD and SHOULDERS on 20 by 16, he popular size for clubs, Coloured in all styles at agreed prices.

ENLARGEMENTS made direct on Canvas at moderate prices.

NEGATIVES ENLARGED from 4 by up to
25 by 20.
ENLARGEMENTS suitable for the
Vander Weyde Process, prepared for his
Licensees.

The celebrated Elliott Cravon Enlargements
At prices by agreement.
Printing done for the Trade.
PHOTOGRAPHS ON IVORY, OPAL, ETC.

Address, R. L. ELLIOTT and Co., Photographic
nlargers and Portrait Painters, 128B, PENTONVILLE
SAD, KING'S CROSS, LONDON.

MARTHWAITE'S Enlargements are

Crayons.

From sultable negatives (thin, with plenty of detail), are good pictures in themselves :10 by 8, 1s. 6d.; 12 by 10, 28.; 15 by 12, 3s.; 20 by 16, 3s. 6d.; 23 by 17, 4s.; 25 by 19, 5s.; 27 by 20, 5s. 6d.; 30 by 21, 6s.; 35 by 23, 7s. 6d. Larger sizes in proportion. Postuge of print and return of negative extra. Terms-cash. P.O.O. payable Freeman Street. Specimen, 10 by 8, twelve stamps. -W. GARTHWAITE, Photo-Enlarger, Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby.

EDWARD DAY,

Refiner, Assayer, & Bullion Dealer,
HAVING a superior Method of RE-

DUCING every kind of GOLD and SILVER WASTE from Photographic operations, is thereby enabled to give a High Price for the same. Cash per return of post.

28, WARSTONE LLANE, BIRMINGHAM. ARTISTIC COLOURING

BY MR. A. P. CHAMBERS.

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PHOTOGRAPHERS' RESIDUES

MELTED AND PURCHASED BY

J. NEWELL

(Many years with J. Blundell), GOLD & SILVER REFINER. J. N.'s practical experience (extending over twenty-six years) in

Reducing all kinds of Residues, enables him to secure to his Customers the recovery of all the precious metals.

Nitrate of Silver and Chloride of Gold at lowest prices.

Parcels from Country attended to same day.

33, WARDOUR ST.. SOHO, W.

CARBON ENLARGEMENTS!

12 by 10, 5s 6d.; up to 24 by 18, 14s; Plain Iodized Paper Enlargements 12 by 10, 1s. 6d.; up to 24 by 18,5s. 6d. Send for Price List to

F. G. WILLATT,

46, BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, LONDON.

TRANSFERS

12 by 10, in Mounts and Frames 14 flat, size of frame 23 by 18, Painted in a superior manner from Photographers' own negatives, and packed free, at the low price of 12s. 6d. All Orders executed in fourteen days. Cabinet Photo, 3 Stamps.-Apply, V. SIMONS, New School of Photography, 29, Euston Road, London, N.W.

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Cash with Order.

CLUB PORTRAITS.

MESSRS. G. CALDWELL AND CO.

are now prepared to execute Collodion Transfers in a very superior style. For richness of tone and brilliancy, and cheap prices cannot be surpassed.

NEGATIVE AND RETOUCHING VARNISH. Plain Vignetted, mounted, 12 by 10 inches, 2/9;

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In Bottles, 3 ozs., 1/-; 8 ozs., 2/6; 20 ozs.,
5/-; 40 ozs., 9/-; 80 ozs., 17/-.
ORDINARY NEGATIVE VARNISH.

In Bottles, 4 ozs., 1/-; 20 ozs., 4/-; 40
ozs., 7/-; 80 ozs., 12/-. Full Directions for Use
on each bottle.

TERMS-Cash with Order. P.O. Orders payable at 431, Oxford Street, London, W.

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Photographers visiting the Paris Exposition will
find, in the United States Department, our exhibit
of photographic samples, and results obtained by the
use of our Backgrounds and Accessories.

AGENTS FOR THE ABOVE,
REEVES & HOARE

13, Warwick Court, Holborn,

Vignette coloured in oils, 6/6; Vignette coloured in oils, framed (two-inch moulding), ready for delivery, 12,6, All orders for uncoloured work executed within forty-eight hours. P.O.O. must accompany each order, payable to G. CALDWELL and Co., 24, Market Street, Nottingham.

DERRY'S CLOUD NEGATIVES.. 15 by 12, 4s.; 12 by 10, 3s.;

10 by 8, 2s.; 81⁄2 by 61⁄2, Is. 6d.; Cabinets Is. Fresh subjects continuaily. W.P. has now made arrangements to meet the large demand for these beautiful negatives, and Stock Dealers may apply for terms. Agents wanted for foreign countries. Threepence extra must be sent for packing and postage on orders under 10s. Really good negatives purchased.

Unsolicited Testimonials.

"They produce charming effects, and must prove of inestimable value to the landscape artist."British Journal of Photography- "I find it exactly what I want; it is very beautiful; please forward ten more."-OSCAR HEUNE-GRIMMA SAXONEY "I think the beauty of your cloud negatives increases with the size, as the last lot you sent me (15 by 12 and 12 by 10) are better than anything of the kind I have ever seen. You may, with pleasure, make any use you think fit of this testimonial, as I think that no praise is too high for them."-W. DAKIN, Hon. Sec. and Treasurer, Sheffield Photographic Society"Send us on at once a lot more of your negatives. Do not forget the new subjects." - G. MASON and Co., 39, Union Street, Glasgow.-W. PERRY, Photo grapher, Hythe, Kent.

Silver Printing.

for the Trade and Samples and prices on application. -R. OFFORD, 26, Bassein Park Road, Shepherd's Bush, W.

SILVER PRINTING

Enlargements.
R. CRISP'S

New Permanent Process,

Relied on by the Trade for the last ten years. Every style, cheapest and best. ENLARGEMENTS. LESSONS in Colouring and Photography, personally or by correspondence.

DALE HOUSE, 211, CLAPHAM ROAD, 8.W.

LONDON.

"The house" for every Article connected with
Photography. Every Photographer should see their
New Catalogue, post free Two Stamps.

10 by 8, 2s. 6d.; 10 by 12, 3s.; 18 by 13, 4s.; 20 by 16, 4s. 6d.; 23 by 18, 5s.; 25 by 20, 6s.; 30 by 25, 8s. 6d.; 36 by 28, 128. Clubs and quantities by agreement. P.0.0. must accompany all negatives. -2, Acacia Villas, Wood Green, London.

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For Continuation of Small Adventilements see page viii.

Retoucher is open to Undertake the Work of one or two photographers. Terms, three-quarter figure, 6d; inch head, 8d. Larger sizes in proportion. Send cash with negative for sample. -Address, Mrs. Brown, 6, Aldbridge Street, Surrey Square, Old Kent Road, S.E.

To City Photographers.

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ADVERTISER requires various musi- 250 SECOND-HAND LENSES & CAMERAS

photographed. They are in London, and all the small ones could be brought to studio.-Address, with terms, Box 14, Post Office, Hexham.

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Operator and Retoucher (gum medium-high-class) desires an Engagement immediately, or in the course of a few weeks.-Address, LEX, 207, Ebury Street, S. W.

A Young Lady requires a Situation in

Reception Room, Can retouch and tint. Terms £1 per week.--Address, R. W., 23, Hanson Lane, Halifax.

AN experienced Retoucher Finishes Negative Heads up to half-inch at 4d. each, up to one inch, 8d.; and up to two inches, 1s. 6d. each. Extra sizes in proportion.-Address, G. MORLAND, 31, London Road, Brighton.

Canvasser.

WANTED, an experienced and ener

getic Canvasser for the portrait club business.-Apply to J. SUNDERLAND, 10, The Arcade, Birmingham.

WANTED, a Young Man, from 18 to 20 years of age, as an Apprentice or Improver to the photographic business, and to live in the house as one of our own. Small premium required.For further particulars, apply T. VIPOND, 6, Vine Street, Grantham.

By Ross, Dallmeyer, Tench, Voightlander, and
all other esteemed makers. The Cheapest and Best
Stock in London. New Catalogue gratis on appli-
cation. Purchases and Exchanges made. Lenses
Repaired and Re-lacquered. Diaphragms, Flanges,
and Rack-work made and fitted.
HUNTER & SANDS. 20, Cranbourne St., London,

WANTED, an Operator.

Must be a

pushing man, with a thorough knowledge of carbon printing, to Manage a Branch Business on the South Coast. Might live on the premises. Fixed salary, with commission. Suitable for a married man without family. Apply to B. B., PHOTOGRAPHIC News Office, 15, Gough Square, Fleet Street, London,

WANTED, a

a thoroughly competent Young Lady as Print-toucher, who would assist generally if required. Apply to WALTER HUDSON, 22, White Rock, Hastings.

WANTED, by a Young Lady, a Re

engagement in a photographic shop or reception room. Can mount, spot, or take management if required. Seven years' reference. London preferred.-Address, M. E., 85, Mildmay Park, London.

PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMICALS, LENSES, CAMERAS, ETC,,

NEW AND SECOND-HAND.

Publisher of Jabez Hughes's "Principles and Practice of Photography," proce 1s., per post 18. 2d.

To LET, elegantly appointed Studio

and Reception Rooms. Large garden admirably adapted for groups, printing, &c.; main thoroughfare. Terms one guinea per week payable in advance. - Mr. PEARCE, 39, Laureston Road East South Hackney (near South Hackney Church).

FOR SALE, a snug little Business in

busiest thoroughfare in Manchester.

Leaving through ill-health. Just as it stands, £180 - Address, O. P. H., Post Office, Manchester.

FOR immediate Disposal, in the West of

England, a small Photographic Business with fancy business attached. Coming-in very reasonable, and satisfactory reasons given for leaving.Address, F. COOKE, High Street, Pewsey, Wilts. a

FOR SALE, & Travelling Photo Van, 19

can any part. Head-rests, cameras, lens, burnisher,

chemicals, chairs, background, dark room, specimens, and cases. Cost $200, to be sold for £100, or at valuation. For further particulars apply to

WANTED, Second hand Thomas' W. MOORE, Auction and Photo Vans, Buckley,

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Box-tent, complete, and in perfect working order, for plates about 10 by 8. State lowest price, and particulars, to M. SHERWILL, Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim.

WANTED, fora permanency, a Young

Man as General Assistant, and willing to make himself generally useful. Preference given to one that can retouch. To board and lodge in the house. -Address, with terms and carte of self, W. S. WYLES, 112 and 114, King's Road, Reading, Berks

WANTED, Damask Curtains, also

Lantern Slides, photo and mechanical, in

WANTED, Operator and Printer, one both her photo apparatust watches, musical

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REQUIRED, the services of a Young

enced, a good canvasser, and have tact in the
Lady for above. Must be thoroughly experi-
management of customers. -Address, with terms,

WANTED, by a Respectable Young PER SAROT. Scarborough.

Re-engagement and Toner. Willing to assist in studio, having been at one of the leading photographer's in the town. First class reference.-H., 7, Radnor Street; King's Road, Chelsea, London.

WANTED, at Brighton,

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Flintshire, where the Van may be seen for fourteen days.

FOR SALE, Meagher's 10 by 10 new
Folding Camera, with moveable central parti-
tion, in best leather case, and three double dark
slides for same in black waterproof case, with Grubb's
B Aplanatic Lens. The whole in condition equal to
new. Price for the set, £10, May be seen in
London.-Address Mr. B. BOOTHROYD, 23, Park
Street, Southport.

Wanted A Grubb Aplanatic. -Apply as above.
10 be SOLD, a good Photographic

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Business in the principal town of the Midland Counties. Never changed hands for the last 24 years. A splendid situation, with front shop, waiting rooms, and studio on ground floor-with lease if required.-Apply, GILBERT and SON, 24, Temple Street, Birmingham.

To Photographers, Publishers, &c.

FOR SALE, about 200 choice Negatives
of Torquay and vicinity.
and stereoscopic, which will print cartes. All clean
Size 8 by 6, 7 by 4,
and brilliant and artistic negatives. The owner hav-
ing no time to attend to the wholesale business.
Plate boxes, locks, &c. The lot for £15.- Amply, by
letter, LO TORQUAY, PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS Office, 15.
Gough Square, Fleet Street, London.

To be SOLD, a first-class Photographic

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Establishment, situated in

fare in the north of London, established three years, and doing a high-class business. In connection with a leading thoroughthe spacious studio is a corner shop, having a connection trade in framing, pictures, scraps, albums, &c: (with which a fancy stationery business could be

ment, might be greatly increased. As the present about $1,200 a year, which, under proper manageowner. has been unable to attend to it properly for the last twelve months on account of iliness in the family, and is now about to retire from business, the

(C) PERATOR, must be a first-class man, whole of the negatives, goodwill, apparatus, stock,

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HOR Disposal, most reasonable

ness, situated in best part of Bayswater, held on lease. terms, a much improving Photographic BusiRent extremely low, or the half share would be sold. -Address NEGATIVE, William's Library, Hereford

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Road, Westbourne Grove, Bayswater. No post cards FOR SALE, cheap to an immediate ness in one of the best positions in London. Can be taken over as it stands, with apparatus and with operators at work. A very good connection. Proprietor giving up on account of ill-health -Address, SANITAS, PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS Office, 15,

excellent Photographic Busi

Gough Square, Fleet Street, E.C.

EASIDE Photographic Studio to Let (10/- per week), 30 ft. by 12; cost $200 to

Address and Co., Portsmouth.
A PHOTOGRAPHIC Business and Halds E. E. Down, Wootton Place, Bournemouth,

Studio for Sale in a large market town.-For
price and particulars, apply, X. Y. Z., PHOTO-
GRAPHIC NEWS Office, 15, Gough Square, Fleet
Street, London.

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USED BY EMINENT PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR NEARLY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY

THE LEADING COLLODION.

IT IS USED BY THE BEST MEN, AND AT THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, THE ADMIRALTY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, FOR THE ORDNANCE SURVEYS OF INDIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC.

KNOWN AS THE BEST.

IT HAS THE LARGEST SALE.
IT IS THE COLLODION FOR INDIA.
IT IS THE MOST SENSITIVE.

THE IMAGE IS ROUND AND BRILLIANT
IT IS NOT SURPASSED IN QUALITY.

THOMAS'S COLLODION is pronounced by many of the most accomplished Photographers to be, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, the Best Collodion for Iron Development ever yet manufactured. With a view, also, to subsequent enlargement, there is no collodion that surpasses it in the delicate qualities of the negative. THOMAS'S COLLODION, the first introduced commercially, has been from time to time modified to suit the requirements of the day. The Manufacturer announces with some pride that at the present moment the sale for his collodion is more than ten times greater than when for years he stood alone as a manufacturer of collodion, almost without a rival; and notwithstanding the introduction of preparations sold at a lower price, the demand for THOMAS'S COLLODION is yearly increasing.

IT IS USED AND MAY BE OBTAINED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

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J.

SOLOMON.

22, RED LION SQUARE, LONDON.

DEPOT for Card Mounts of the finest quality. Specimens, gratis, on application.

versal Double Dark J.SOLOMON'S ORIGINAL

AGENT FOR the Uni

Slide, the cheapest slide ever

produced; it can be made to

suit any camera, and is im- ANY OTHER INTRODUCED.

penetrable to light when closed. Prices on application.

Sensitized Albumenized Paper of the year 1878, without any exception the finest in the market. It is sensitized on a paper especially made for sensitizing. Price per Quire 13/6, post free, 14/-; Half-qr., 7/-, post free, 7/3; Quarter-quire, 4/-, post free, 4/3; Sample-sheet, 1/-. Albumenized Paper, No. 1, Assorted Tints, 96/per Ream; 5/- per Quire

Cameras-Pocket, Tra

HOT ROLLING PRESSES, velling, or Studio.

SEND CARDS FOR ROLLING

CARTE-DE-VISITE SIZE:
INCLUDING GAS BURNER'
OR SPIRIT LAMP £3.
CABINET SIZE &4.

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Chemicals of Purest Quality only sold, and at the lowest market prices.

New and absolutely NonActinic Cloth, replacing advantageously all Glass and other materials. Price, 7/per yard, 32 inches wide.

Central Depot for the Uranium, Liverpool, and Inskipp Inskipp Dry Dry Sen Sensitized Plates, and for Warnerke's Sensitized Tissues.

Woollen Cloth Backgrounds, assorted Neutral grounds, Tints, without a seam, 9x 8ft. Oil and Distemper Backgrounds,

No. 2, 78/- per Ream; 4/-ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FOR 1878 ON APPLICATION.

per Quire.

NEW ACCESSORIES FOR THE SEASON 1878 May be seen and selected at our own Show Room in Southport, or at the New Show Room of our London Agents, Messrs. REEVES & HOARE, 13, Warwick Court, Holborn, W.C.

Chairs, Tables, Cabinets, Balustrades, Backgrounds, Rocks, Curtains, Cushions, Retouching Easels, Cameras, Land
other Apparatus. Appliances for the New System of Lighting (with Instructions).
NEW PRICE LIST NOW READY. Post free for One Stamp.

D. H. CUSSONS & CO., Manufacturers by Steam Power,
56, HOGHTON STREET, SOUTHPORT

WHOLESALE AND EXPORT ONLY,

The Photographic News, May 31, 1878.

PHOTOGRAPHY IN AND OUT OF THE STUDIO.

A VISIT TO THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

[BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

The world's show at Paris is likely to attract, for the simple
reason that one wants but the slightest excuse for visiting
ion is hardly finished,

the gay city. Although the Exhibition
and scarcely a month has elapsed since its opening, the
French metropolis is filled with sight-seers to overflowing.
At the restaurants on the Boulevards and in the Palais
Royal there is, during the breakfast and dinner hours, a
packed crowd of hungry visitors; and at such houses as
the "Maison Dorée," where the diners are usually more
select than numerous, you have to look about for a vacant
table if you leave dining to the fashionable hour of seven.
As to hotels, I can say very little. People tell me they are
full to overcrowding, and my experience, which is limited
to a quiet hostelry under shadow of the Institute, and,
therefore, in the unfashionable quarter, would bear this
out. I wrote exactly one week before I started, and speci-
fied day and hour of my arrival, and in reply was promised
a bed in or out of the house. Fortunately for myself I
obtained the former, but had to decide upon the length of
my visit off-hand. No doubt there is plenty of room if
one only knew where to find it, but in these times you like
to know something of cost and finance before venturing

too far.

shadows are obscure and black. This phenomenon, I say, we are all acquainted with, as well as the arguments employed to show us that electricity will never be any good for everyday lighting purposes. What was my surprise, then, the other night to see at the Louvre hotel and magasin, among amultitude of gas globes, several gigantic moons, soft and placid to look at, emitting something of a mauve

light. It was not the light of day, but the effect of moonlight that was here, an effect both charming and grateful the Louvre hotel. An open space smoothly asphalted, and

to the eye. effect was at its best in the courtyard

surrounded by shrubs, on one side of which was a broad, open staircase, and the other a café alfresco, was lit up by no less than eight monster globes provided with the electric light. Carriages drove in and out, people sauntered to and fro, all in the light, apparently, of a full moon, with the exception, however, that there were no black shadows; indeed, there were no defined shadows at all, the light was so thoroughly diffused. In the Louvre magasin-probably the largest shop in the world-the electric globes were

again to be seen, and the gas in the vicinity had scarcely any yellowness, so well in hand was the electric lighting. Surely we have here the solution of that problem for which we have been working for years-electric lighting applied to everyday uses, not as a wonder of the age, an example of scientific application, but as a genuinely useful everyday commodity. The system of electric lighting at the Louvre, I am told, is all due to one set of engines, which simply sets in motion a huge magneto-electric machine, and grinds out the electricity. Given the apparatus and the steam-engine, it is simply necessary to work the latter fast or slow to ensure a large or small amount of electricity and light. There is no heat and no noxious vapour given off, as in the case of gas, and the only consumption of material worth talking about is that employed for working the steam engine.

Paris, however, is not the only place where prices of beds are high. Only last year I had to pay a sovereign a-piece for three beds for the night at Düsseldorf, the cheapest manufacturing town in Germany, in all probability; in case my friend Dr. Liesegang should desire to try the house I shall be happy to give him the address. So I cannot grumble at Paris. Indeed, when you have secured your And now for the Exhibition and photography. I have bed, you can control your other items of expense as you kept them a long time waiting, and the only apology I can will in Paris. The Exposition has caused restaurateurs to offer is that, so far as the photographic section is concerned,

add twenty-five per cent. to their prices, and the refresh-
ments at the Exhibition itself are costly; but you go every-
where with your eyes open. And the show at Paris is
well worth something. The shops, the people, the cafés,
the markets, the bonnes, the roundabouts, the smell of
asphalte, the yellow omnibuses, the grands magasins where
you can buy from a sou to a sovereign, the Champs
Elysées, the puppet-shows, the white caps, the baggy red
trousers of the soldiers, the high-heeled shoes and clocked
stockings, the goldsmiths in the Palais Royal, and the
asparagus and salmon in the same locality, the chatter of
children who speak French perfectly, the horse-hair plumes
of the sapeurs-pompiers-all these can be seen and seen
again. As the poet sings very truly :-

"The Continong, the Continong,
It is tres bong, pour passer le tong,
Where we says yes, and they says nong,
Allez vous ong, mes bons enfongs,
We all will do the Continong,

It is tres bong-je vous comprong."

I do not know who the poet was, but, judging from je vous comprends at the end, one cannot help thinking that Paul Bedford's " I believe you, my boy!" had something to do with it.

But it is the Exposition and the photographs exhibited there which your readers care more about. I am at their service. But, before I forget it, there is one thing I should like to mention, more important than anything I have seen on the Champs de Mars or Trocadero. Everybody is aware of the fuss that has lately been made about electric lighting. We have all of us in our time seen the electric spark thus employed-a vivid spark that no one can look at, a narrow beam or ray which lights up everything in its path with dazzling brilliancy, and throws all the rest in pitchy darkness, whose illumination is painfully sharp, and

it cannot possibly suffer from the process. In the vast oblong of courts and corridors there is, in the centre of the building, Group 2, Class 2-Photographie. It belongs to the division Art Applique a l'Industrie. Only France and its colonies are here represented, and the effect upon a visitor after he has made his round is one of profound disappointment. Perhaps I expected too much. Possibly I thought of discovering an Adam-Salomon this time, as on the last occasion. I hardly know, except that I certainly did anticipate a better show than is here provided.

The year before last I visited the Exhibition of the Societe Francaise de la Photographie at the Palais de l'Industrie. The collection of work was far more carefully selected and worth seeing on that occasion than in the present case. I should think, too, there were many more French exhibitors than this year. I think I can safely say there is not a single novelty on the present occasion (I speak only of the French section, please to remember, for I have seen nothing else so far), except, perhaps, the large enamel pictures (twelve-inch) shown by Walery, and the vignetted portraits-I presume, on glass-by Lejeune. The latter are certainly very fine. They are vignettes on a jet-black background, some being of large dimensions. They possess all the rare softness and finish of positives taken upon glass; and the delicacy of the white drapery and harmony of the whole portrait upon the shining black ground is very perfect. Such portraits are very effective, and should not be difficult to produce; they certainly have a novel effect now positives on glass have gone out, and they have none of that dull leadenness which ferrotypes display in the high lights.

Besides Walery's large enamels, which are really very fine, our old friend Lafon de Camarsac shows also productions in the same branch of photography. As before, his work is excellent, and a portrait of the Comte de Paris

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