Read the original guide to the Crystal Palace of 1854

[tulse hill terry]

Now availiable on google books, the original "Guide to Crystal Palace and Park" by Samuel Philips, availiable as a PDF or plain text.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WlA4 ... rk#PPP7,M1

Scanned by the University of Michigan, (sorry about the long url)

Very interesting review in the Quarterly Review

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r16K ... #PPA304,M1

Bit drier this, Owen Jones, who decorated the inside of the building in primary colours, (he painted the outside just blue and white), offers his justifications.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VhcE ... reek+court

And this is a good all-rounder of all of the architectural courts, till their hanbooks are availiable as more than just snippets or reprints for sale.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IBsH ... tal+palace