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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. THE CITY OF BOSTON. TTTE are nearing Boston, the baggage check'- man having arrived on the scene to relieve us of the responsibility of our baggage. I learn that it is an hour's ride from Worcester to Boston. As we approach the "Athens of America," we pass near Lake Cohitchuate, which supplies the metropolis with water, a placid sheet with many small craft floating on its glassy surface. About ten o'clock we find ourselves in the "city of culture," when a cab manager at once calls a carriage for our use, adjusts the price, and gives the order to the "Hotel Vendome," thus preventing confusion to strangers or anxiety about luggage. The "Vendome," on Commonwealth Avenue, facing part of The Commons, is a very elegant white marble building, about six stories high, and covering the major part of a square The views are delightful from every side, the Charles River being one of them. It is raining here, and anything but warm, "as we know it." Refreshing ourselves, we take lunch (the hotel is not on the European plan), and then order a carriage for a drive to Hunker Hill Monument, which we enjoy to the fullest. Mrs. Murphy remained in the office, selecting souvenir spoons, specimens of which she presented to each of us, and the rest of the party climbed to the summit of the tower, two hundred and ninety-four steps, and were well wearied with the unusual exercise. We walked around, read the inscriptions on the slabs that mark the walls of the old redoubt and Prescott's statue, all of which were exceedingly interesting and historical. Reentering our carriage, we drive around the strangely-planned city, which is more intricate than we could have imagined. We call at a dry goods store, and are conveyed to its upper stories by an elevator. The sellers o...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780217466462
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 021746646X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 77 gr


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