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COMPARATIVE SIZE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

THE power of man is shown in the mighty and magnificent buildings, which from time to time he has erected for various purposes. The opposite engraving is intended to show, at one view, the height and size of the most famous structures in the world, as compared with each other. You will, of course, understand that they are represented all together merely for comparison; in reality they are situated in very distant parts of the world.

No. 1 is the largest of the Pyramids of Egypt, which are supposed to have been built about the time when the children of Israel sojourned in Egypt, more than three thousand years ago. 2, is St. Peter's Church at Rome.

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3, is the tower of the Cathedral at Strasburg, in Germany, noted for an exceedingly curious clock. 4, is the spire of Salisbury Cathedral, the loftiest in England. St. Paul's Cathedral, London, a most beautiful structure, built by Sir Christopher Wren. 6, The Church of Giralda, at Seville. 7, The Tower of Minar, in Delhi, an ancient city in India. 8, The Porcelain Tower of Nankin, in China. 9, The Church of Nôtre Dame, in Paris. 10, The Monument of London, built in memory of the great fire that nearly destroyed the city in 1666. 11, The Leaning Tower of Pisa, in Italy: it is not certainly known whether this tower was purposely built in this position, or whether it has sunk on one side since: it is quite frightful to look over the hanging side from the top, but it has stood so long without any change, that it is considered perfectly safe. 12, The Bridge of Alcantara, in Spain. 13, The Mosque of St. Sophia, in Constantinople. 14, The Place Vendome, in Paris. 15, Trajan's Pillar, at Rome. 16, The Mosque of Omar, at Jerusalem. 17, The Luxor Obelisk, originally