Mountain Brook's english Village has a new resident. Artist James Barnhill and five city employees last week installed the Civitas sculpture in front of Joe Muggs Newsstand.

Her name is ``Echo,' and she eventually will call Birmingham, Ala., home. 

The nymph from Greek mythology will be settled by a pond, her fingers gripping the edge of a flat stone - left to gaze at her reflection and pine for her lost love, Narcissus.The sculpture, created by Jim Ernest Barnhill of Greensboro, will be unveiled Oct. 4 in Birmingham's Botanical Gardens.

``Echo' was commissioned by Southern Progressive Corp. of Birmingham, which publishes Southern Living and Southern Accent magazines.

The sculptor shown working on the portrait bust is Jim Barnhill, a local artist of exceptional skill. Though Barnhill has won some prizes and has had his work purchased by large corporations, its unlikely that the bust will appear in local museums.