A  little  time  kfter  the  battle  of  Lexington  Judge  Trowbridge
stated  to  Rev.  John  Eliot  that,  "  it  was  a  most  unhappy  thing
that  Hutchinson  was  ever  chief  justice  of  our  court.  What
Otis  said,  'that  he  would  set  the  province  in  flames,  if  he
perished  by  the  fire,'  has  come  to  pass."  At  the  last  court
held  under  the  charter,  Peter  Oliver  was  chief  justice,  and  Ed-
mund Trowbridge,  Foster  Hutchinson,  William  Cushing,  and
William  Brown  were  the  judges.  Of  these,  Cushing  was  the
only  one  who  afterwards  appeared  on  the  bench.
"  The  scene  is  changed  !     No  green  arcade,
No  trees  all  ranged  arow."

The  old  Brattle  house,  on  the  street  of  that  name,  is  the  first
you  meet  with  after  passing  the  huge  wooden  hive,  formerly  a
hotel  under  the  familiar  designation  of  the  Brattle  House,  but
now  dedicated  to  the  art  preservative  of  all  arts.  The  buildings
of  the  University  Press  occupy  a  part  of  the  Brattle  estate,
which  was  once  the  most  noted  in  Cambridge  for  the  elegance
of  its  grounds  and  the  walk  laid  out  by  the  proprietor,  known
in  its  day  as  Brattle's  Mall.     Miss  Ruth  Stiles,  afterwards  the


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mother  of  Dr.  Gannett  of  Boston,  penned  some  beautiful  lines
to  this  promenade  :  —

"  Say,  noble  artist,  by  Avhat  power  inspired
Thy  skilful  hands  such  varied  scenes  compose  ?
At  wliose  command  the  sluggish  soil  retir'd.
