overlooks the city, and is planted with trees
I paid a visit to the capitol, nobly situated on an eminence which
overlooks the city, and is planted with trees. The statue of Washington,
executed by Houdon for the state of Virginia, in 1788, is here. It is of
the size of life, representing Gen. Washington in the costume of his day,
and in an ordinary standing posture. It gratifies curiosity, but raises no
particular moral emotion. Compared with the statue by Greenough, it
presents a good example of the difference between the work of a mere
sculptor–skillful indeed, but still a mere sculptor–and the work of a
man of genius.

• Upon questioning Minna, she gave us a graphic description of the
• We were fast asleep a little after midnight, when we were awakened by
• Close to the rapids, with birchen-canoes moored in little inlets, is a
• "Hypernews II"