THE COSMORAMA.
Tins popular exhibition, a series of miniature dioramas, has reopened with a change of views ; in some of which we remark a greatly im- proved style of execution, and more powerful pictorial effect. Algiers and Constantine, the New Devil's Bridge and the Aler de Glace, St. Peter's at Rome arid the Ruins of Palmyra, are among the scenes pre- sented in this prince of peep.shows. The appearances of a ruddy sunset in the Alps are most vividly represented : the golden glow bur- nishes the snowy peaks of the mountains with a metallic lustre, and the Mer de Glace in the shade below looks like a sea of lapis lazuli. The effect of a conflagration is no less striking in a sketchy scene of the burning of the theatre at Havre. la illusory effect, the interior of St. Peter's is the most successful : you seem looking into a model of the building. The mausolea in one of the views of Palmyra appear in solid relief; and the day-light and atmosphere are beautifully repre- sented. The effect of the felling water and rising spray in the Devil's Bridge is ingeniously imitated.
The pictures are in reality much larger and the magnifying power of the glasses less than may be supposed ; they can hardly be called
lenses, indeed. This circumstance induces us to hint that a still greater perfection of finish in some of the views would be desirable— especially those of Constamina and Algiers.
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