Above all, in common with my countrymen, I am indebted to heroic Ann Pamelia Cunningham, to whose devoted labor, despite ill health and manifold discouragements, the preservation of Mount Vernon is due. To her we should be grateful for a shrine that has not its counterpart in the world--a holy place that no man can visit without experiencing an uplift of heart and soul that makes him a better American.

PAUL LELAND HAWORTH.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

[I. A MAN IN LOVE WITH THE SOIL.]
[II. BUILDING AN ESTATE.]
[III. VIRGINIA AGRICULTURE IN WASHINGTON'S DAY.]
[IV. WASHINGTON'S PROBLEM.]
[V. THE STUDENT OF AGRICULTURE.]
[VI. A FARMER'S RECORDS AND OTHER PAPERS.]
[VII. AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.]
[VIII. CONSERVING THE SOIL.]
[IX. THE STOCKMAN.]
[X. THE HORTICULTURIST AND LANDSCAPE GARDENER.]
[XI. WHITE SERVANTS AND OVERSEERS.]
[XII. BLACK SLAVES.]
[XIII. THE FARMER'S WIFE.]
[XIV. A FARMER'S AMUSEMENTS.]
[XV. A CRITICAL VISITOR AT MOUNT VERNON.]
[XVI. PROFIT AND LOSS.]
[XVII. ODDS AND ENDS.]
[XVIII. THE VALE OF SUNSET.]
[INDEX.]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Mount Vernon Stable, Built in 1733, Showing also the Powell Coach.]