The Valley of Democracy

by Meredith Nicholson

THE VALLEY OF DEMOCRACY

Michigan Avenue, Chicago, from the steps of the Art Institute.

THE
VALLEY OF DEMOCRACY

BY
MEREDITH NICHOLSON

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
WALTER TITTLE

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1919

Copyright, 1917, 1918, by
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Published September, 1918
Reprinted November, December 1918

TO MY CHILDREN
ELIZABETH, MEREDITH, AND LIONEL
IN TOKEN OF MY AFFECTION
AND WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY MAY BE FAITHFUL TO THE
HIGHEST IDEALS OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP