. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . n the hillock, where we laid his bones, alas !Leave it there until he rises. Back ! and let the statue pass. In the rear of the Bowditch statue may be seen a brokencolumn erected on the Coleman lot, with the hour-glass andother emblems sculptured upon it. Behind the Coleman monument there is a marble ceno-taph, erected by the officers of the United States ExploringExpedition to the memory of departed comrades. It bearsthe following inscription : — To
. Guide through Mount Auburn : a hand-book for passengers over the Cambridge railroad : illustrated with engravings and a plan of the cemetery . n the hillock, where we laid his bones, alas !Leave it there until he rises. Back ! and let the statue pass. In the rear of the Bowditch statue may be seen a brokencolumn erected on the Coleman lot, with the hour-glass andother emblems sculptured upon it. Behind the Coleman monument there is a marble ceno-taph, erected by the officers of the United States ExploringExpedition to the memory of departed comrades. It bearsthe following inscription : — To the memory of Lieutenant Joseph A. Underwood and MidshipmanWilkes Henry, TJ. S. N. To the memory of Passed Midshipmen E. Reid and Frederick A. Bacon, U. S. N. This cenotaph is erect-ed by their associates, the officers and scientific corps of the U. S. Ex-ploring Expedition. Lieutenant Underwood and Midshipman Henry-fell by the hands of savages, while promoting the cause of science andphilanthropy, at Malolo, one of the Fiji Group of Islands, July 24, Midshipmen Reid and Bacon were lost at sea, off Cape Horn,May, DR. SHARPS MONUMENT See Page 38. 38 HANDBOOK. At the right of the Bowditch statue the lot of Messrs. Lit-tle and BrowTi will be noticed. This lot attracts attentionfrom the peculiar appropriateness of the design of its twofreestone (xothic monuments, and the care that is evidentlybestowed upon the lot itself. Every thing about it looksneat and in good taste, and devoid of any attempt at dis-play. The original owTiers of this lot were partners in thewell-known publishing house of Little, Brown & Co., ofBoston. The remains of Mr. Brown rest near the monu-ment bearing his name. Simple headstones mark the placeof burial of members of the two familes. The monument erected to the memory of Dr. Shaip, latepastor of the Baptist Church in Charles Street, will next beseen upon the left side of the avenue. It is an exceedinglyornate structure, and attra
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