It would take at least three weeks to visit every portion of this marvellous city. Men have worked in its hollows for centuries, leaving it as a legacy to posterity. Horses have been brought to life and have died there, without seeing the light of day. It is silent and dark, except when the voices of people echo through its countless, tortuous halls, and the candle of the guide or flash of the Soman light discovers its massive and glittering wonders. It is a city hewn in salt. It will hardly be believed that such a place exists. To all who dis believe, we would recommend a trip to Wieliczka, a little municipality about six miles from Cracow, in Polish Austria, and the centre of the Galiciau salt industry. The mine* are under the direct control of the Austria-Hungarian Minister of Finance. During hundreds of years the skilled hand of the labourer in the Wieliczka salt mines has been at work turning the depths of darkness into a realm of beauty. It has created ball rooms, chapels, altars, statues, restaurants, railways, chandeliers, stair cases, pillar 3, and thrones in the bowels of the earth, and the grandeur of these hag excited the admiration of the world. The mines date back to 1044, and now have a length of over 2| miles. Above stands a large, grey building, containing the offices of those in charge of the mining operations. This building is interesting principally because it contains a large number of caps and uniforms worn by various Boyd persons, Austrian and otherwise, who have descended into this subterranean city. They are each labelled with the name of the visitor and the day of decent. In early times this descent was made in a shaft worked by horse-power, but a hydraulic lift is now in use. Almost blinded by the darkness, and frightened by the eerie echo of his own footsteps, the visitor first enters some colossal chambers hollowed out by the labourer in the ordinary course of mining. He almost loses himself in the expanse of the Letow ball room, which with its solid mural decoration, illumin ated galleries, stalwart pillars, and shining chandeliers, is indeed a fit and welcome chamber for lovers of the dance. This ball room has witnessed many re markable gatherings. 