l. ,r I -----------~ ... - I I Some English Press Opinions concerning the City of Turin and the International Exhibition To lhe English Reader. No opinion will appeal more strongly to the British public at large, whether interested in Italian Touring, .Al't, or Industrial Progress1 or be of greater valtrn to them, than that expressecl hy the British jonm'1ii sts themselves, after .a, personal v.i sit, macle under the most fa,vo1uable conditions for a1Tiv iug at a true estimarte of t he past g lories and present vivid, glow·i11g, and streouons li fo of young Italy. '1']10 follo,dng extrncts will show that they reaii,,ecl tb'1t to-cfay t be City of Turin, with a great International Exhibition for 1911 in prepar:1tion, j~ the moving spirit of the Italian political awakening, as ,\.,.ell as t ho great exponent of the Tbird Ital.r, in her woncleifnl progress. Rome a,ncl Ttuin together 1·epresent Italy as a whole, her iocompn.r:.tl>le liistory in tl_1e past, h el' glorious struggle for independence in the present clay , .as well as t,he latest word in Art, Inclustry ancl Social Development. The Pall Mall Gazette, September 11, 1900 . A R egion of ct, thousand Oha1·1ns. The Exhibition grounds as a whole occupy n n enormous area of tlle Va.lentine Park, the most attractive region on the -outski rts of 'l'nr.iu, the cit,y which d eserves its title as the Birmingham of Ital y· .and sometbi ng more. Turin, with a populatfon four· hunclrecl thousand and a. high rate of industrial energy, i s a city of very great natural attractions, wJ1ithin and without. The Park in question is a vast graen space on the IJa,nk -of tJie river Po, and rich in woodland and statuary and deco rative t1·eat111ent nccurcling to the Oest tra<litions of Italian landscape ganleniug. The Globe, Septemhe1· 2·4, 1000. He who stands by the Superga, the mausoleum of t be House of Sn.voy 1 n-n<l looks clown upon tbe fertile plain of ?ieclmont, has a bird's-eye view of Jnoclern Italy and its inclustries . Down to the left , on t he s ilver riblJon of the river Po, li es Turin, ·with its broacl straight streets, and the tall spire of the National Mnsenm rising a bove the houses . In Hill Tluin will open .111 International Exhibition of Industry ancl Labour, an{l the Italians are especially ]_)lea.secl w ith th e fo,ct that not only is the B.rit,ish Government taking an in• terest in the matter, lmt that the Prince of -wa les, now His :;\fajest.r King -George V, is the President of tbe British Seotiou. Times, May 31, 1010. The British Section will occupy one of the best sites in t-he gronnds, -covo1·ing m·el' seve n a.cres1 ancl the buildings will be of great arch i tectural beanty. Fnl'thcr iofonua.tion rna.y be obtained on app licat ion to: signor Tullio Sambucet tC 4 St . ..:.l[ur!J . l.rc1 Lrn1dr1n E. C. Thos. Cook & Son - The official Passengers Agents.
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