. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. ; thehomes of Stephen Sewall, first Hancock Professor, and of theProfessors Wigglesworth, long since demolished or removed, tofind all these former laiidmarks included within the Collegegrounds. If the reader obeys our instincts he will not fail to turnaside and wond his way to the Library, erected in 1839-42,through the munificence of Governor Gore. Within the hallare the busts of many of Those dead but sceptred sovereigns, wlio still ruleOur spirits from their iirns. The cabinets of precious manuscripts, some of them goingbefore the art of printin
. Historic fields and mansions of Middlesex. ; thehomes of Stephen Sewall, first Hancock Professor, and of theProfessors Wigglesworth, long since demolished or removed, tofind all these former laiidmarks included within the Collegegrounds. If the reader obeys our instincts he will not fail to turnaside and wond his way to the Library, erected in 1839-42,through the munificence of Governor Gore. Within the hallare the busts of many of Those dead but sceptred sovereigns, wlio still ruleOur spirits from their iirns. The cabinets of precious manuscripts, some of them goingbefore the art of printing, and almost putting it to blush withtheir beautifully illuminated pages; the alcoves, inscribed with9* 202 HISTORIC FIELDS AND MANSIONS OF MIDDLESEX. the benefactors names, and garnered with the thoughts anddeeds of centuries, — each a storehouse of many busy brains,and each contributing to the aggregate of human knowledge ; —all thes,e seemed like so many ladened hives of human patience,industry, and, perchance, of ill-requited GORE HALL, 1873. Here is your dainty fellow in rich binding, glittering in goldtitle, and swelling with importance, — a parvenu among see it is but little consulted, — the verdict of condemna-tion. Here is a Body of Divinity, once belonging to SamuelParris, first minister of Danvers, in whose family witchcrafthad its beginning in 1692. His name is on the fly-leaf, theink scarcely faded, while his bones have long since , we apprehend such bulky bodies must have sadly lackedsoul! Many of Holliss books are on the shelves, beautifullybound, and stamped with the owners opinions of their meritsby placing the owl, his family emblem, upside down when hewished to express his disapproval. Somehow we cannot take the book of an author, known A DAY AT HARVARD. 203 or unknown, from its accustomed place without becoming asdeeply contemplative as was ever Hamlet over the skidi ofYorick, or without thinking that each sentence ma
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