. Guide through Mount Auburn. A Hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad. Illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . o was unceremoniously dispossessed of his property. Thebuilding is remarkable on account of having been the headi of General Israel Putnam, while the Americanarmy was encamped at Cambridge, during the siege ofBoston. The lofty towers of Core Hall next appear in sight amongthe College buildings on the right. Ar-TiioKps Palace. We will leave Gore Hall for the present to notice a largewooden building Btanding back from the side of the streetOpposite that o
. Guide through Mount Auburn. A Hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad. Illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . o was unceremoniously dispossessed of his property. Thebuilding is remarkable on account of having been the headi of General Israel Putnam, while the Americanarmy was encamped at Cambridge, during the siege ofBoston. The lofty towers of Core Hall next appear in sight amongthe College buildings on the right. Ar-TiioKps Palace. We will leave Gore Hall for the present to notice a largewooden building Btanding back from the side of the streetOpposite that on which (iore Hall appears. This building isto this day called the Bishops Palace. It was erected byMr. Apthorp, a gentleman of wealth, bom in Boston, butwho had been educated in England. The popular beliefwas, that he expected the appointment of Bishop of NewEngland from the English government, and intended to makethis building his official residence. He was disappointed,however; but the nilding yet remains, with traces of thatformer elegance wl was the wonder of the good peopleof Cambridge, at ime of its erection. The British Gen- GOHE HALL (COLLEGE LIBRARY.)See pages 16 aud 18. J 18 HAND BOOK. oral Burgoync resided here for some time as a prisonerof war. II.\i;v.\itn College. Harvard College has before been referred to in generalterms. The visitor can now, if he chooses, leave the ear,and enjoy a stroll through the College grounds. The situa-tion of the various buddings, or halls, as they arc called,will very readily be ascertained by reference to the accom-panying plan. Gore Hull, before referred to, contains the College building Ls of rough Quincy granite, and was erected in1838. It is in the form of a Latin cross, the extremelength being 140 feet externally, and through the transept81 feet. The interior contains a hall 112 feet long,high, with a vaulted ceiling, supported by twenty ribbedcolumns. The spaces between the columns side wallsare divided i
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