A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . ionary Herald took itsplace, which is still contiimed, under theAmerican Board of Commissioners forForeign Missions. Literary, religious,and scientific pirldications of tliis classliave since multiplied to such a degree,that we have not room for any furthei-notice under this head. The NorthAmerican Review, however, must bementioned, as one of the oldest and mostinfluential publications of the kind in thefJnited Slutes. It was commenced in1815, forms two volumes an
A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . ionary Herald took itsplace, which is still contiimed, under theAmerican Board of Commissioners forForeign Missions. Literary, religious,and scientific pirldications of tliis classliave since multiplied to such a degree,that we have not room for any furthei-notice under this head. The NorthAmerican Review, however, must bementioned, as one of the oldest and mostinfluential publications of the kind in thefJnited Slutes. It was commenced in1815, forms two volumes annually, andhas been edited successively by WilliamTudor, .Tared Sparks. Edward T. Chan-ning, Edward Everett, Alexander H. Ev-erett, &c. Boston, the capital of this state, is sit-uated on a small peninsula at the headof Massachusetts bay, at the mouth ofCharles river, and is the principal cityand seaport of New England. The har-bor is accessible, large, and well protect-ed by both nature and art. This citycontains an uncommonly large piopor-tion of fine buildings, particularly privateresidences. The Hnesf huildiniis are of. 76 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. whitish granite, brought from the shoresof the Merrimack river and Quincy. Boston, like many other large cities,has been, by common consent, dividedinto districts, with names indicating thelocation of each. Thus there are NorthBoston, West Boston, East Boston, SoulhEnd, and South Boston. The first sec-tion embraces the north end of the city,or all that part lying north of Faneuilhall, and what was the canal, or Mill-creek. This is the oldest part, and iov-merly had the advantage of the piincipaltrade. The streets here are generallynarrow and crooked, and some of tliemremain much as ihey were when fir^t con-structed, on the model of tlie old townsin England. The buildings are mostlyold, and matiy are built of wood, and ex-hibit the different styles of architectureused for a period of more than a centuiyand a half.
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