Information for Exhibitors
A brief Description of the Exposition, Extracts of important Rules and Regulations, and an Analysis of the Plan and Scope of the Exhibit Departments

INFORMATION for EXHIBITORS only by the superb entrances and archways forming the approaches to the interior Courts, the introduction of which marks an important departure in Exposition architecture. These great Courts, three in number — the Court of the Four Seasons; the Court of the Sun and Stars; and the Festival Court — will, with, their extensions, pierce the great central quadrangle from the richly planted Grand Esplanade on the north to the wonderful semi- tropical garden or alameda on the south. Their walls will be formed by the different Exhibit Palaces and their peristyles, while interconnecting smaller Courts have been planned providing for additional communication. Such a building scheme makes possible an architec- tural arrangement which, while possessing the all-impor- tant attribute of compactness, will in no way be lacking in safety, architectural dignity and beauty, and suitable perspective of landscape. The introduction of the prin- ciple of laying out such. Courts provides the easiest, most direct and most inviting method of intercommuni- cation between the Exhibit Buildings which, it is possible to devise. The efforts of mankind in every branch of scientific research have become so extended and their results so numerous and important that it has been found neces- sary to inaugurate a new era in the assembling and classifying of exhibits. In the first place, this Exposition will be entirely con- temporaneous as far as awards are concerned, and no commercial article manufactured prior to 1905 will be reviewed for award. Secondly, though, most comprehen-