Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century BY
MARIAN GOUVERNEUR illustrated
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
AS I REMEMBER
CHAPTER I EARLY LONG ISLAND DAYS
CHAPTER II NEW YORK AND SOME NEW YORKERS
CHAPTER III SCHOOL-DAYS AND EARLY FRIENDS
CHAPTER IV LIFE AND EXPERIENCES IN THE METROPOLIS
CHAPTER V LONG BRANCH, NEWPORT AND ELSEWHERE
CHAPTER VI SOME DISTINGUISHED ACQUAINTANCES
CHAPTER VII FASHION AND LETTERS
CHAPTER VIII WASHINGTON IN THE FORTIES
CHAPTER IX SOCIAL LEADERS IN WASHINGTON LIFE
CHAPTER X DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND OTHER CELEBRITIES
CHAPTER XI MARRIAGE AND CONTINUED LIFE IN WASHINGTON
CHAPTER XII SOJOURN IN CHINA AND RETURN
CHAPTER XIII THE CIVIL WAR AND LIFE IN MARYLAND
CHAPTER XIV VISIT TO THE FAR SOUTH AND RETURN TO WASHINGTON
CHAPTER XV TO THE PRESENT DAY
INDEX
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