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If you should walk up and down the chessboard of Beacon Hill  taking the knight's move occasionally across the narrow cross streets  you could not help treading the very squares which were familiar to the feet of that generation of authors which has permanently stamped American literature. IF YOU SHOULD WALK UP AND DOWN THE CHESSBOARD OF BEACON HILL TAKING THE NIGHT'S MOVE OCCASIONALLY ACROSS THE NARROW CROSS STREETS YOU COULD NOT HELP TREADING THE VERY SQUARES WHICH WERE FAMILIAR TO THE FEET OF THAT GENERATION OF AUTHORS WHICH HAS PERMANENTLY STAMPED AMERICAN LITERATURE
e, entered from Tremont Street, is more than worthy of further study. This is one of the many things we could enjoyably do if we had time, but whether we have time or not we must pay our respects to the State House (one does not call it the Capitol in Boston, as in other cities), the prominence of whose golden dome is not unsuggestive, to those who recall it, of Saint Botolph's beacon tower in Boston, England, for which this city was named. The State House is a distinctively American building, and Bulfinch, the great American architect, did an excellent thing when he designed it. The dome was originally covered with plates of copper rolled by no other than that expert silversmith and robust patriot, Paul Revere--he whose midnight ride has been recited by so many generations of school-children, and whose exquisite flagons, cups, ladles, and sugar tongs not only compared with the best Continental work of that period, but have set a name and standard for American craftsmanship ever since. R GRAVEYARDS THIS ONE ENTERED FROM TREMONT STREET IS MORE THAN WORTHY OF FURTHER STUDY THIS IS BUT ONE OF THE MANY THINGS WE COULD ENJOYABLY DO IF WE HAD TIME BUT WHETHER WE HAVE TIME OR NOT WE MUST PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THE STATE HOUSE ONE DOES NOT CALL IT THE CAPITAL IN BOSTON AS IN OTHER CITIES THE PROMINENCE OF WHOSE GOLDEN DOME IS NOT UNSUGGESTIVE TO THOSE WHO RECALL IT OF SAINT BALTOLF'S BEACON TOWER IN BOSTON ENGLAND FOR WHICH THIS CITY WAS NAMED THE STATE HOUSE IS A DISTINCTIVELY AMERICAN BUILDING AND BULFINCH THE GREAT AMERICAN ARCHITECT DID AN EXCELLENT THING WHEN HE DESIGNED IT THE DOME WAS ORIGINALLY COVERED WITH PLATES OF COPPER ROLLED BY NO OTHER THAN THAT EXPERT SILVERSMITH AND ROBUST PATRIOT PAUL REVERE HE WHOSE MIDNIGHT RIDE HAS BEEN RECITED BY SO MANY GENERATIONS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND WHOSE EXQUISITE FLAGONS CUPS LADLES AND SUGAR TONGS NOT ONLY COMPARED WITH THE BEST CONTINENTAL WORK OF THAT PERIOD BUT HAVE SAID A NAME AND STANDARD FOR AMERICAN CRAFTSMANSHIP EVER SINCE
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