CONTENTS. A TRIBUTE TO ARCHITECTURE, 7 A SOLDIER'S BURIAL, 10 THE HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT. AWAITING AUDIENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. GATHERING OF THE STRONG-MINDED. LEVEE AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. CHAMPIONS OF THE SUFFRAGE CAUSE. MRS. GRANT'S TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. DYING SCENES OF THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. PRAISE FOR DEPARTING LEGISLATORS. MEETING OF OCCIDENT AND ORIENT. THE PUBLIC GREET THE JAPANESE. SENATORS EDMUNDS AND CARPENTER. WHITE HOUSE RECEPTIONS COMPARED. PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S CABINET DAY. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. THE OLIVIA LETTERSPublisher colophon THE OLIVIA LETTERS Being Some History of Washington City for Forty Years as Told by the Letters of a Newspaper Correspondent By EMILY EDSON BRIGGS New York and Washington THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1906 Copyright, 1906, by EMILY EDSON BRIGGS |