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Immediately above these, on the north side of the path, is one of the lamb monuments, put up for Maria Wilhelmina Kayser.

Leaving the entrance of Cornus Avenue on our left, and on the right the head-stone of Caroline A. Dugan, we are again in Sycamore Avenue, and may notice a small fractured column. It has a curtained niche and a small figure in relief. It is the memorial of Thomas Stokes and wife. John Stewart, Henry Taylor, Sarah E. Laird, and Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John C. Green, may be found on the right. William Barker, Matthew Bird, James McCullough and William E. Bird succeed each other on the left. Then come the elaborate tombs of Morgan and Wood, and Gilman's marble house. We very soon find ourselves before the obelisk of Mary Jane Barker. order to give a cheerful look to the enclosure, the urns upon the fence-posts have been painted white. Still following this Avenue, as with gentle curve it blends with the TOUR, we pass, successively, the tombs of Lewis, of C. V. B.

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insigne, comesque valde deflendus." The Rev. J. Parsons Greenleaf, at the age of 24, died at sea in 1843. Next, we see the brown monument of Eliza Cassedy, and nearly opposite the headstone of Francis E. Beers.

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say. On а stone opposite is the name of Mary Lee. Here is a profound aphorism, which we commend to those who can understand it. Behind Mary Lee rises a a marble obelisk to the memory of Dr. Ezra Wood.

Just beyond, upon the right-hand side, stands a monument on the lot of Chester Jenings.

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It is a square, tapering pillar, terminating in a bold, plain concave capital, on which rests a four-winged Egyptian globe. John Duryee's monument is a small obelisk on the left, next to which stands the large memorial of Bartolome M. Picabia, a native of Corunna in Spain. Both sides of this monument and one side of the smaller stone present figures sculptured in relief. The latter is the memo

rial of Ann Andrews. Twelve exquisite lines are engraved beneath the name of Lita M. Picabia.

Having disposed of these objects, we are at liberty to contemplate the remarkable structure that stands before us.

None who see it need be told that it is the monument of

CHARLOTTE CANDA.

The celebrity which this elegant and elaborate mausoleum has already gained, and the wide and deep interest that has been excited by it, are not surprising. The extent and magnificence of the work, the variety and richness of

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