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It stands in the center of the plaza opposite the Government palace. It was cast in 

 France, by order of the Dominican Government, about 1880. It represents Colum- 

 1ms in heroic size, pointing to the westward. At the base is a life-size figure of an 

 Indian girl, representing Anacaona, the unfortunate wife of the no less unfortunate 

 cacique of Cibao, tracing an inscription which reads: &quot;Yllustre y. Esclarecido 

 Varon, Don Cristoval Colon.&quot; 



No. 99. THE ISABELLA MONUMENT. 



Some enterprising and patriotic citizens of Boston have raised funds for the erec 

 tion, 011 the site of Isabella, the first civilized settlement in the New World, of a 

 statue to commemorate the event and the man. It is to be a bronze figure of Colum 

 bus, designed by the sculptor Buyens, of Ghent, and will be cast at Chicopee, Mass. 

 It will stand on a massive pedestal of Cape Anne Granite. There are two bas-reliefs, 

 representing the Genius of Christianity and the Genius of Civilization. The former 

 is a female figure, representing the Mother Church fostering a little Indian child and 

 pointing to a suspended cross in the distance, the emblem of man s salvation. The 

 second bas-relief is an ideal figure of the Goddess Ceres drawn in a chariot by 

 prancing horses ; her arms are filled with gifts and flowers, and Columbus at the 

 heads of the horses is pointing the way for her to follow. A third tablet carries an 

 inscription in Latin, from the pen of M. Schroeder, as follows: 



ANNO. CLAUDENTE. SAECULTJM. XV 

 EX. QUO. COLONI. CHRISTIANI. COLUMBO. DUCE 



HIC. POST. OPPIDUM. CONSTITUTUM 

 PRIMUM. IN. MUNDO. NOVO. TEMPLUM 



CHRISTO. DEO. DICARUNT 

 GIVES. BOSTONIAE. SUB. AUSPICE 



EPHEMERIS. BOSTONIENSIS 

 CUI. A. SACRO. CORDE. EST. NOMEN 



NE. REI. TANTAE. MEMORIA. UNQUAM. DELABATUR 



HAEC. MARMORI. COMMEND AVIT 



A. D. MDCCCLXXXXII. 



No. 100. MONUMENT IN THE CITY OF MEXICO. 



The capital of Mexico has long had, in one of its public thoroughfares, a truly 

 artistic monument to the great discoverer. It was executed by Cordier, a French 

 sculptor, and was the gift to the city of one of her sons, Senor Don Antonio Escandon, 

 by name. The subbase of this monument is a large platform of basalt, surrounded 

 by a balustrade of iron, from which spring five lanterns. From the platform rises 

 a square mass of red marble ornamented with basso-relievos. One of these repre 

 sents the arms of Columbus, surrounded with garlands of laurel ; another portrays 

 the rebuilding of the monastery of Santa Maria de la Rabida; the third represents 

 the discovery of the island of San Salvador, while the fourth reproduces a fragment 

 of a letter from Columbus to Raefael Sanchez, beneath which is placed the dedica 

 tion of the monument by the patriotic gentleman to whose munificence the city is 

 indebted for the memorial. Surrounding the pedestal, four life-size figures, in 

 bronze, stand above the basso-relievos, representing, respectively, Padre Marchena, 

 guardian of the monastery of Santa de la Rabida ; Padre Fra Diego Deza, confessor of 

 King Ferdinand, to the encouragement and support of which two men the hardy 

 adventurer owed the royal favor; Fra Pedro de Gante and Fra Bartoloine de las 

 Casas, the two missionaries who most earnestly gave their protection and services 

 to the Indian natives of the soil. Surmounting the whole is the dignified effigy of 

 Columbus, in the act of drawing aside the veil which hides the New World. In 

 both conception and treatment this monument is conceded to rank Avith the best of 

 its class, even in the Old World. 



