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Table of Contents
ОглавлениеCHAPTER I. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
CHAPTER II. CROSS PURPOSES AND QUEER SPECULATIONS.
CHAPTER III. THE WORK BEGUN IN EARNEST.
CHAPTER V. THE CAPITAL OF THE NATION.
CHAPTER VI. THE WASHINGTON OF THE PRESENT DAY.
CHAPTER VII. WHAT MADE NEW WASHINGTON.
CHAPTER VIII. BUILDING THE CAPITOL.
CHAPTER IX. INSIDE THE CAPITOL.
CHAPTER X. OUTSIDE THE CAPITOL.
CHAPTER XI. ART TREASURES OF THE CAPITOL.
CHAPTER XII. WOMEN WITH CLAIMS.
CHAPTER XIII. THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.
CHAPTER XIV. A VISIT TO THE NEW LAW LIBRARY.
CHAPTER XV. THE HEAVEN OF LEGAL AMBITION—THE SUPREME COURT ROOM.
CHAPTER XVI. THE “MECCA OF THE AMERICAN.”
CHAPTER XVII. THE CAPITOL—MORNING SIGHTS AND SCENES.
CHAPTER XVIII. FAIR WASHINGTON—A RAMBLE IN EARLY SPRING.
CHAPTER XIX. INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE—SHADOWS OF THE PAST.
CHAPTER XX. LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXI. WIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS—LIFE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
CHAPTER XXIV. THE WHITE HOUSE DURING THE WAR.
CHAPTER XXV. THE WHITE HOUSE NOW.
CHAPTER XXVI. RECEPTION DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE—GLIMPSES OF LIFE.
CHAPTER XXVII. INAUGURATION DAY AT WASHINGTON.
CHAPTER XXVIII. A PEEP AT AN INAUGURATION BALL.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE UNITED STATES TREASURY—ITS HISTORY.
CHAPTER XXX. INSIDE THE TREASURY—THE HISTORY OF A DOLLAR.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE WORKERS IN THE TREASURY—HOW THE MONEY IS MADE.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE LAST DAYS OF A DOLLAR.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE GREAT CASH-ROOM—THE WATCH-DOG OF THE TREASURY.
CHAPTER XXXIV. WOMAN’S WORK IN THE DEPARTMENTS—WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT.
CHAPTER XXXV. WOMEN’S WORK IN THE TREASURY—HOW APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE.
CHAPTER XXXVI. GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL LIFE—HOW PLACE AND POWER ARE WON.
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE—ITS MARVELS AND MYSTERIES.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR—UNCLE SAM’S DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS.
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PENSION BUREAU—HOW GOVERNMENT PAYS ITS SERVANTS.
CHAPTER XL. TREASURES AND CURIOSITIES OF THE PATENT OFFICE—THE MODEL ROOM—ITS RELICS AND INVENTIONS.
CHAPTER XLI. THE BUREAU OF PATENTS—CRAZY INVENTORS AND WONDERFUL INVENTIONS.
CHAPTER XLII. THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
CHAPTER XLIII. THE ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM—ITS CURIOSITIES AND WONDERS.
CHAPTER XLIV. “OLD PROBABILITIES’” WORKSHOP—HOW WEATHER CALCULATIONS ARE MADE.
CHAPTER XLV. THE NAVY DEPARTMENT—THE UNITED STATES OBSERVATORY—THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
CHAPTER XLVI. INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE—THE STORY OF A “PUB. DOC.”—WOMEN WORKERS.
CHAPTER XLVIII. OLD HOMES AND HAUNTS OF WASHINGTON—MEMORIES OF OTHER DAYS.
CHAPTER XLIX. MOUNT VERNON—MEMORIAL DAY—ARLINGTON.
CHAPTER L. THE LIFE AND CAREER OF JAMES A. GARFIELD, THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT.
