Evening star., 1937-01-17
ABOUT WASHINGTON.

TAsCINATING material on pres
- idential inaugurations, from
George Washington to Franklin
4. Delano Roosevelt, Is available
In the Washingtoniana Gocal history
division of the Public Library. News
paper and magazine clippings, with
their pictures Of bygone days, form,
perhaps, the most interesting part of
this collection, but inaugural programs
and reports of oficial inaugural COM
mittees are sources not to be neglected
by the searcher after knowledge.
For the reader who can spend time
in the Washingtoniana division this
reference material, which is too fragile
and too valuable to be circulated. is
readily available, as well as the two
reference books listed below.
HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL m
AUGURATIONS, by e. E. Hurja.
New York Democratic Publishing
Corp, 1888. +F83 H934.
This little volume aims to give ''the
chief facts of every Inauguration" with
Interpolation of brief summary Of
Democratic party history"
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS
FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON
u789) TO GROVER CLEvE-
LAND Q893), by T. H. Mckee.
Statistical Publishing Co., Wash
ington, d. C. +F83.M193.
Portraits and biographical sketches
of the Presidents, together with incl
dents of the inaugural ceremony, in
cluding the inaugural address.
For the person who has an all
around interest in the National Capt.
tai and who wishes to read at home
the following titles are suggested:
History and Description.
HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL CAP
ITAL FROM ITS FOUNDATION
THROUGH THE PERIOD OF
THE ADOPTION OF THE Or
GANIC ACT. by w. B. Bryan. 2 v.
Macmillan, 19l4-l916. o. p. F859
W.B842.
A comprehensive history Of the Dis
trict of Columbia from the foundation
of the Government to 1878. Accurate
and reliable.
WASHINGTON the National Capital,
by H. p. Caemmerer. United States
Government Printing once. 1882.
GS5sW.Cl1.
A large, well.illustrated history OF
the development of the National Capt.
tsl." Written and published under
the direction Of Congress by H. P.
Caemmerer, secretary of the Commits
sion Of Fine Arts.
A PORTRAIT OF OLD GEORGE
TOWN, by G. D. Ecker. Garrett.
1898. Gs59 .Ec5.
A portrait" from its beginning up
through the gay nineties" of the four
ishing little town of Georgetown
which sntedates the District Of Co
lumbia.
YOUR WASHINGTON AND MINE
by L. P. Latimer. Scribner's, 1924
F85sWL344y.
A convenient and reliable one.
volume history for visitors and stu.
dents.
WASHINGTON PAST AND PRES.
ENT, by Charles Moore. Century
1929. GS59W .M782.
AN endeavor to interpret new
plans in the light Of the past" Writ.
ten by the chairman of the Fine Arts
Commission. Entertaining and par.
ticularly valuable for information
about art in Washington.
OUR CAPITAL ON THE POTOMAC
by Helen Nicolay. Century, 1924
F859W .N5l8o.
An unusual history which aims Il
give q hint of how Washington "cams
into being and how it grew. and te
tell of certain very human men anc
women who lived in its houses anc
walked its streets"
STANDARD HISTORY OF THE
CITY OF WASHINGTON. by Viii.
liam Tindall. Crew, 1914. F859W
T493s.
Compiled from a study Of origina
documents. The latter half, which
covers the period up to 1914. form!
an excellent supplement to Bryani
History.
PLANNING AND BUILDING TIKI
CITY OF WASHINGTON. Wash.
ington Society of Engineers. Ed. by
F. H. Newell. Ransdell, 1882
WE859W. WIT.
An excellent small volume. En-
phasis is placed on the planning o
the Capital, its development ant
maintenance,