Picturesque Cambridge.

Under this title, Mr. W. Goodrich Beal has brought together six original etchings of glimpses in and about Harvard Square. This is Mr. Beal's first publication. Indeed his name has hitherto been unknown, but this work has already received high praise from the Boston press, and deserves to win no small share of recognition. Perhaps the best of the etchings-certainly the most delicate and expressive one-is that of the old church-yard with the low tower of Christ Church amid the trees. It is full of the beauful air of repose which has endeared Gray's "Elegy" to the world. At the left of the picture is a separate scrap showing the sunny vine- covered side of Massachusetts Hall. "Cambridge on the Charles" is a wide view across the river marshes of the trees and spires of the town. The stream winds on unrippled in the sun and the drowsy shade is massed densely in the distance, while the square shoulders of Memorial Hall push up into the sky on the right. Low in the middle distance is the cupola of Hemenway Gymnasinm, and further on a slender spire or two more. The whole thing is dreamy and soft and full of summer. "Elmwood" shows one side of Lowell's home with a view of the broad veranda, and in one corner a tall graceful aisle of pines "Pines of Elmwood." The etching of Longfellow's house is less original, merely giving the front view we know so well. Lastly there are "Morning in the River" and "Evening in the River," the former a sweep of the stream below the Casino, looking out towards the sun; the latter, a westerly view showing the shore in dark shadow under the sunset.

In all of these sketches Mr. Beal has shown that he has a true artist's instinct, he knows a picture when he sees it, and he has been most happy in his rendering of the chosen themes. The set is published by L. Prang and Co. and sold at $1.50. It is a series of exquisite holiday pictures that ought to prove attractive to all who care for old Cambridge and good art.

[We print the foregoing article with especial pleasure, as it is a contribution from a graduate of the University in high standing.- EDS.]