With a superficial area of 8100 square feet and an extreme height of 150 feet, fashioned in

The Hudson River

white granite from Maine, this mausoleum takes rank among the most cek^brated commemorative buildings in the world. The circular cupola, surrounded by columns and surmounted by a conical cap or dome, rests upon a massive cube of masonry, relieved by entablature, frieze, and columns of pure Ionic design and entered through a portico of noble proportions. This is not the place to describe the interior of this remarkable tomb, with its impressive chamber and the crypt wherein lies the dust of General Grant in a sarcoi)hagus of red porph}^r>'. The tomb was built with the contributions of 90,000 subscriptions to a fund that aggregated $600,000, and the corner-stone was laid by President Hamson in April, 1892. The late Chinese statesman, Li Hung Chang, was an early subscriber to the monument fund and presented a gingko tree, which is growing at the north side of the tomb. Upon it a bronze tablet bears this inscription: This tree is planted at the side of the tomb of General U. S. Grant, ex- President of the United States of America, for the purpose of commemorating his greatness, by Li Hung Chang, Guardian of the Prince, Grand Secretary of State, Earl of the First Order Yang Hu, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of China, Vice-President of the Board of Censors. Kwang Hsu, 23d year, 4th moon, May, 1897.

Some distance to the south of Grant's tomb, at 89th- 90th Streets is the new soldiers' and sailors' monument. Back of Riverside, upon the ridge now known as Cathedral Heights, the magnificent cathedral of St.