Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ^-*«i,liii CHAPTER IV. THE BOSTON MLSKLM. IIISTORICAI, ><)CIKTY. On Trcnioiit .Street, between Court and Sehool Streets,stands the Boston Muski;m, lion. Mosms Kimball pro-prietor. It is a spacious buildini^, three stories high ; itsfront adorned I)y balconies, and io\vs of glass globes,wliicli, at night, are illuminated by gas. We reach the interior by a bold flight of stairs, at thesummit of which is the entrance to the Hall of Cabi-NKTS, which is surrounded l)y a gallery, and whose ceil-ing is supported by noble Corinthian |iill;

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Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . ^-*«i,liii CHAPTER IV. THE BOSTON MLSKLM. IIISTORICAI, ><)CIKTY. On Trcnioiit .Street, between Court and Sehool Streets,stands the Boston Muski;m, lion. Mosms Kimball pro-prietor. It is a spacious buildini^, three stories high ; itsfront adorned I)y balconies, and io\vs of glass globes,wliicli, at night, are illuminated by gas. We reach the interior by a bold flight of stairs, at thesummit of which is the entrance to the Hall of Cabi-NKTS, which is surrounded l)y a gallery, and whose ceil-ing is supported by noble Corinthian |iill;iis. Along thegallery are arranged portraits of celebrated the floor of the hall are statuary and works of art,and, arranged in glass eases, curiosities from all ])aits ofthe known world. The galleries, reai-hed liy a grandstaircase, are filled with the rich and rare products ofmany a clime. Ascending still higher, we find a collec-tion of wax-figures, singly and in groups ; and surmount-ing all is an ol)servatory, allbrding splendid view

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