the night at the Abbott tavern, and left upon the
face of his host's little daughter a kiss, which she was so reluctant to
lose that for a week she did not wash her face. In his account of this
trip he makes special mention of the beautiful country through which he
was passing.

All that is most characteristic in our New England landscape finds
its representation here. Its rugged granite breaks with hard lines
through the stubborn soil. Its sweep of hill and valley fills the
eye with various beauty. Its lakes catch its sunlight upon generous
bosoms. Its rivers are New England rivers, ready for work, and yet
not destitute of beauty.[C]

[C] Phillips Brooks.

The "Hill" is one mile from the depot, a very uphill way, but one which
it is well worth the stranger's while to travel. Upon its top is a tract
of about two hundred acres, the property of Phillips Academy, upon which
stand the various buildings of the institution, now nearly seventy in
number.

[Illustration: PHILLIPS ACADEMY.]

Prof. Keep, in a recent article, says:--

The wide prospect from Andover Hill is suggestive of the world-wide
fame of the school; and the lovely elm-shaded park, in which stand
the buildings of the Theological Seminary, and the church where the
members of the academy worship, is a hardly less peaceful and
charming scholar's retreat than are those of the college gardens of
Oxford and Cambridge.

This elm-shaded park is the beautiful campus of seven or eight acres. In
the background are all the buildings of the Theological Seminary, except
Brechin Hall, and in front of them is the avenue of elms which makes the
"Gothic window." Nothing of its kind could be more beautiful. Overhead
are the interlaced branches of the lofty trees, the end of the avenue
forming the exquisite window, through which extends a long vista. On
either side of the mullion one has the view of a church in the distance;
and in the valley of the Merrimac nestles the city of Lawrence.

[Illustration: OLD STONE ACADEMY.]

[Illustration: THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.]

Not far remote is "Carter's Hill," with its commanding view and unbroken
quiet, and destined to become a favorite summer resort, for such as wish
to enjoy some of New England's choicest scenery, to know some of its
purest life, and to keep within an hour's ride of Boston. Within easy
view are Monadnock, Wachusett, and other smaller mountains; the