A Splendid Crown

One of the inosfc spleudid crowns in tbo vorld is tbat cf the Russiau empress, Anua Ivanovna. According to Hanilin, iC is vvell propcrtioned and lightly formed of open gold work, incrusted with a vast uumber of exquisite genis and auiong them 2,536 diamond of great perfpetiou. Ou its top, eerviug as a base to a slender cross of pearls, is placed tlie imiaeiiso and wonderful ruby which the Russian embassador pnrchased at Peking at the price of 1J0, - 000 rublos.