. Book of the Royal blue . ge car a black cloth tent thrownover a tripod served as a dark room. The plates were developed, washed anddried, and the prints made long before thetrain reached the city, and were in theengravers hands without retouching onthe arrival of the photographers in theHerald office. Extra negatives, made to provideagainst failure, were not needed, and theexperiment of developing the large andfragile plates was in every sense a success,as is proven by the reproductions appear-ing in the Herald. FIVE CITIES OF NATIONAL INTEREST. THERE are certain points of interest inthe met
. Book of the Royal blue . ge car a black cloth tent thrownover a tripod served as a dark room. The plates were developed, washed anddried, and the prints made long before thetrain reached the city, and were in theengravers hands without retouching onthe arrival of the photographers in theHerald office. Extra negatives, made to provideagainst failure, were not needed, and theexperiment of developing the large andfragile plates was in every sense a success,as is proven by the reproductions appear-ing in the Herald. FIVE CITIES OF NATIONAL INTEREST. THERE are certain points of interest inthe metropolitan cities of the Eastwhich never lose their attractivenessfor the visitor. These five cities Boston,New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore andWashington—have had the most to do withthe destiny of the United States, and areconsequently full of pictur-esque and historic are representative ofthe ancestry, dignity andauthority of the greatAmerican Republic. To fully appreciate Bos-ton one must foot it through. •>- ;vf. m|.|. SOI Ill i III Rl II the older portions of the city, whereancient landmarks are observable in alldirections. The Old South Church stand-ing on the corner of Washington andMilk streets, which was erected in 1730,is most picturesque. In 177) the BritishDragoons, who cared little for the sacred-ness of its walls, removed the pews and usedthe building as a riding school. The churchis now used as a museum and contains arare collection of relics pertaining to theearly history of New England. Almostopposite it on Milk street is the site of the birthplace of Benjamin Franklin; while onthe opposite corner of Washington streetis the Old Corner Book Store, used assuch since 1712, and which presents asplendid specimen of the dwelling house ofthat time. Kings Chapel at the head of Schoolstreet was built in 1749 and is still used forreligious services. The adjoining buryingground was the first place for intermentsin Boston. The remains of < lovernors
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