| A TRIBUTE TO ARCHITECTURE, | 7 |
| A SOLDIER’S BURIAL, | 10 |
| LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY, | 14 |
| ADVICE POLITICAL, | 18 |
| A PLEA FOR THE NEGRO, | 22 |
| AT DRY TORTUGAS, | 26 |
| STATE ASSOCIATIONS, | 30 |
| BINGHAM AND BUTLER, | 34 |
| A WEST END RECEPTION, | 37 |
| IN THE ARENA OF THE SENATE, | 42 |
| SPEAKER COLFAX, | 45 |
| THE HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT, | 48 |
| MRS. SENATOR WADE, | 52 |
| AT THE PRESIDENT’S LEVEE, | 55 |
| MARY CLEMMER AMES, | 59 |
| AT THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, | 62 |
| HON. BENJAMIN F. WADE, | 66 |
| TWO NOTABLE WOMEN, | 69 |
| JUDGE NELSON, | 72 |
| A FAITHFUL SERVANT, | 75 |
| JOHN A. BINGHAM, | 79 |
| ANSON BURLINGAME, | 82 |
| A TALENTED QUARTETTE, | 85 |
| THE DRAGONS OF THE LOBBY, | 91 |
| PRESIDENT GRANT’S INAUGURAL, | 95 |
| PRESIDENT JOHNSON’S FAMILY, | 100 |
| SENATORIAL PEN PICTURES, | 105 |
| SENATOR SPRAGUE, | 112 |
| SEALED SISTERS OF MORMONISM, | 117 |
| AWAITING AUDIENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, | 121 |
| JOHN M. BARCLAY, | 126 |
| WOMAN SUFFRAGE, | 130 |
| ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, | 136 |
| ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER, | 143 |
| GATHERING OF THE STRONG-MINDED, | 148 |
| AT A COMMITTEE HEARING, | 157 |
| HONORING THE PRINCE, | 164 |
| LEVEE AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION, | 168 |
| OFFICIAL ETIQUETTE, | 173 |
| GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN, | 181 |
| MIDWINTER SOCIETY, | 188 |
| PROFESSOR MELAH, | 199 |
| SOME SENATORIAL SCENES, | 208 |
| THE ROBESON TEA PARTY, | 214 |
| DELEGATES FROM THE SOUTHLAND, | 218 |
| THE TREASURY TRIO, | 223 |
| VICTORIA C. WOODHULL, | 229 |
| SPREADING THE LIGHT, | 236 |
| AN OPPOSING PETITION, | 242 |
| UPHOLDING THE BANNER, | 247 |
| CHAMPIONS OF THE SUFFRAGE CAUSE, | 252 |
| MRS. GRANT’S TUESDAY AFTERNOONS, | 256 |
| DYING SCENES OF THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS, | 262 |
| PRAISE FOR DEPARTING LEGISLATORS, | 267 |
| THE BLACK MAN IN CONGRESS, | 274 |
| BY THE GRACE OF THE QUEEN, | 280 |
| A DISSERTATION ON DRESS, | 288 |
| MEETING OF OCCIDENT AND ORIENT, | 294 |
| THE PUBLIC GREET THE JAPANESE, | 298 |
| SAMUEL F. B. MORSE, | 302 |
| ON THE PROMENADE, | 305 |
| CHARLES SUMNER, | 309 |
| WOMAN’S INFLUENCE FOR GOOD, | 315 |
| THE KING REUNIONS, | 320 |
| CARL SCHURZ, | 325 |
| ON CAPITOL HILL, | 330 |
| GEORGETOWN ARISTOCRACY, | 336 |
| SENATORS EDMUNDS AND CARPENTER, | 343 |
| HOME LIFE OF MRS. GRANT, | 349 |
| THE GREAT REAPER, | 357 |
| CLOSING SCENES IN THE HOUSE, | 364 |
| A MATRIMONIAL REGISTER, | 369 |
| BACHELORS AND WIDOWERS, | 376 |
| THE BOTANIC GARDEN, | 382 |
| WHITE HOUSE RECEPTIONS COMPARED, | 388 |
| VICE-PRESIDENT ARTHUR, | 396 |
| KATE CHASE SPRAGUE, | 403 |
| LACK OF A LEADER, | 412 |
| BEN HILL AND ROSCOE CONKLING, | 419 |
| PRESIDENT GARFIELD’S CABINET DAY, | 424 |
| A NEW YEAR RECEPTION, | 430 |
| AT THE TRIAL OF GUITEAU, | 435 |
| ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS, | 441 |
