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of the sculptor's art v/hich are scattered throughout 

 the city in generous profusion for tha deh'ght and the 

 education of the public eye. The famous Bunker Hill 

 Monument was naturally one of the first objects sought 

 out by the writer on the occasion of his first visit to 

 Boston. This splendid shaft of granite was dedicated 

 to tiie fallen patriots of Bunker Hill in 1841^ the 

 corner-stone having been laid in 1825 by General 

 Lafayette — Daniel Webster delivering the orations 

 on both occasions. Its site, on Monument Square, 

 Breed's Hill, is the spot where the Americans threw 

 up the redoubt on the night before the memorable 

 battle, and a tablet at its foot marks the place where 

 the illustrious Warren fell. 



The monument is 221 J feet high — a fact fully real- 

 ized only by climbing the 259 steps of the spiral stair- 

 case of stone in the interior of the shaft which leads 

 to a small chamber near the apex, from which four 

 windows look out upon the surrounding country — a 

 superb vista. The cost of this monument was 

 $150,000. 



In the Public Gardens, in the Back Bay district, 

 across from Commonwealth avenue, may be seen one 

 of the largest pieces of statuary in America, and, ac- 

 cording to some connoisseurs, the handsomest in Bos- 

 ton. This is Ball's huge statue of Washington, which 

 measures twenty-two feet in height. The statue was 

 unveiled in 1869, and it is said that not a stroke of 

 work was laid upon it by any hand of artisan or artist 

 outside of Massachusetts. The Beacon street side of 

 the Public Gardens contains another famous statue — 

 that of Edward Everett, by W. W. Story. Other 

 great citizens whose memory has been perpetuated in 



