EMILY EDSON BRIGGS


[CONTENTS.]


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]

[A TRIBUTE TO ARCHITECTURE.]

Honor Paid to the Builders of the Dome of the National Capitol.