From a letter written by Engraphe de Kovalevisky to the Jewish Training School. Mr. Kovalivsky was an officer for special missions with the ministry of instruction, and a delegate at the Fair.

"The pedagogical institute of St. Petersburg has asked me to collect in America, specimens of manual school work for its museum.

I am officially making a request to you to be so good as to present to this museum the works in wood made by the pupils of the four lower grades."