The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-02-07
THIRTY YEARS IN WASHINGTON.
BY Mrs, General John A. Logan,

ny mrs, General John "A. Logan,
This magnificently illustrated vol
ume is published with the consent and
aid Of the United States government,
and this fact alone is evidence of its
sterling merit and of the great care
that has been bestowed upon it.
1t is said that all roads lead to
Washington just as they did to ancient
Rome Certain it is that the eyes of
millions who cannot behold the mart
wells and glories of our national capital
in person are constantly turned TO-
wards it.
The book is a complete panorama Of
the countless interests of the national
capital as seen by famous woman
who, as the wife of an influential
senator, a society leader, and the close
friend of every mistress of the White
House from Lincoln to the present
time, has been in close touch with
the inner life of Washington, and en-
joyed rare privileges for studying the
mighty activities of the government,
such as no other person has ever be-
fore been able to command.
Many distinguished men and women
have long urged Mrs. Logan to give
this volume to the world. She has re-
ceived letters from thousands unknown
to her, expressing the hope that it
would be written. In her preface she
says,
city of Washington was in 1853, Gen
eral Logan being then a member o
congress, and for more than thirty
years l have lived there almost con-
tinuously, an interested observer of
passing events. AS the wife of a
senator, l may say that | enjoyed I'M
usual privileges and opportunities to
see and know the inner life and &C
tivities of the capital city. 1 have had
my share of the favor of the powers
that were, and the honor of being in
cluded among the distinguished guests
at both private and ot1cial entertain
ments and | have known the pleasure
of personal acquaintance with promi-
nent statesmen, courtly diplomats, and
beautiful, winning, and gifted women,
hlling with grace and dignity the
highest social positions that the people
could bestow
ut has been my aim TO show nv
readers, both by word and rhetorical
art, the wonders and the workings of
the elaborate machinery Of the govern
ment in motion, by leading them
though the great departments and ex-
| planning what the army of busy men
and women workers do and how they
! do it to show them the works of art,
| the wonderful collections of relics and
curiosities from every part of the
world, and the architectural glories
and priceless treasures of the capital
! to describe and explain it's giant ac-
| tivities; to take them through the
White House from the attic to the Gel.
lar, through every forbidden room, and
| to portray not only its daily life, past
and present, but it's brilliant social
an Ufticial functions as we'll; to tell
/ the story of every president, and of
every woman who has ever reigned in
the White House to visit the treasury,
! the dead letter office, and to solve the
marvels and mysteries of every gov
eminent industry; in short, TO present
every interesting phase of life and
scenes in Washington.
Its illustrations are a triumph OF
American art. 1t is worth the price of
the book just to look at these 90 mag
niicent full-page plates, from photo
graphs taken with government con-
sent and aid exclusively for this vol
ume. They portray wonderfully inter
esting scenes. The government gener-
ousiy waived all rules and regula-
tons in order that this book by a
! woman Of Mrs. Logan standing and
influence should be as perfect and
complete as possible. One can lipger
a long time over these beautiful plates,
and though he turns from each with
regret he is pretty sure to find the next
one Of still more absor bling interest.
| We do not know when TAO pages
have given US more genuine pleasure.
| If we speak warmly of the book. it is
because it richly deserves it. 1t is sold
only by agents, and all who Introduce
such a work ought to be cordially
! welcomed. Put it into your homes.
To own it is to prize it to read il
is to obtain a liberal education. We
believe that the best way TO keep out
poor books is by introducing good
ones, and better one than this hal
never been brought to our notice.
The book is published by the old anG
| well-known firm of A. D. Worthingtor
q Co, Hartford, Conn, whose i'm
print is sufficient guarantee of the e4
cellence of this first class volume
They want more agents for it. A bool
agency for a book SO popular as THU
offers TO men and women an unusua
opportunity to do we'll
b. V. Felton, agent for Mapkatt