PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS
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BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE WOODED ISLAND.—It was soon discovered after the World’s Fair had become a reality, that, from various points of vantage, views could be secured of a scope and beauty unsought and unexpected by the architect or landscape gardener. From the tops of certain buildings there opened vistas such as could have only been imagined by the poet or the painter. The illustration given above is from a photograph taken from the top of the Transportation Building and is that of a scene to be equaled in very few places in the world. All but the southern extremity of the Wooded Island is visible in perspective, and the buildings grouped about it on the north and east appear in their relative proportions. The design of the island is shown, with the dense thicket at its southwest corner in the foreground close to which, like a little pirate in waiting, hovers one of the electric launches. In the distance, to the left, shows part of the southern facade of the Art Palace; then to the right the Marine Cafe, the Fisheries, the Government Building and the north-west corner of the Manufactures Building. The sky-line is relieved with scores of different sorts of dome and tower and cupola and minaret and steeple. Upon pediment and pedestal are faintly discernible varied ornamentation and figures. The water is still, just a faint “crinkle” appearing on its surface, and, from the small number of people moving on the island paths, it may be assumed that the picture was taken before the great daily throng of sight-seers had reached the ground. It is a charming view.
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