Walks about Washington

Walks About Washington

Where Lincoln Died
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BY FRANCIS E. LEUPP WITH DRAWINGS BY LESTER G. HORNBY
BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1915
Copyright, 1915 , By Little, Brown, and Company. —— All rights reserved Published, September, 1915 Set up and electrotyped by J. S. Cushing Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. Presswork by S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, Mass., U.S.A. To ADA, HAROLD, ETHEL, CONSTANCE, KATHLEEN AND THE MEMORY OF GRAHAM

THIS is not a history. It is not a guide-book. It is not an encyclopedia. It is nothing more ambitious than the title would indicate: a stroll about Washington with my arm through my reader’s, and a bit of friendly chat by the way. Mr. Hornby, sketch-book in hand, will accompany us, to give permanence to our impressions here and there.
First, we will take a general look at the city and recall some of the more interesting incidents connected with its century and a quarter of growth. Next, we will walk at our leisure through its public places and try to people them in imagination with the figures which once were so much in evidence there.