This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... little prologue is not written as an apology for the publication of these old letters, but because the letters themselves have a history that may perchance enhance their interest. The letters were written at Arlington in eighteen hundred and twentyfour, and therefore are closely associated with the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... little prologue is not written as an apology for the publication of these old letters, but because the letters themselves have a history that may perchance enhance their interest. The letters were written at Arlington in eighteen hundred and twentyfour, and therefore are closely associated with the beautiful old place that is now one of the sights of Washington. I first saw Arlington House in the early seventies, when it was simply a dismantled and deserted home; for it was not then easy of access, and its associations were too intensely sad to attract those in search of diversion. The sunshine and beauty of a May morning had tempted me to accept the invitation of the army officer at whose home I was a guest, to occupy the seat beside him in the light oneseated buggy that stood at his door ready for a trip to Arlington, which for him was in the line of official duty. My friend had served all through the war, whose sorrowful memories were, at that near date, so vivid and personal. And as we drove along he told me much about the condition of Washington during those hard years between sixty-one and sixty-five. I knew little or nothing about Arlington, and listened with much interest to his account of a visit he had made to the mansion soon after it had been abandoned by the Lee family. The grounds of the great estate soon became a camping-place for the Union army, and a temporary hospital was erected near the entrance; and Arlington soon became a favorite drive for President Lincoln when he wished to escape from the turmoil that always beset him at the White House. My friend told me that the President often spent an hour or two walking alone up and down the grand porch that overlooks the river. One can imagine what conflicts between hope...
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Very Good/No Jacket. 110pp Previous owner's inscription (in pencil) Cover is lightly scuffed and soiled. Red ink mark on rear cover along spine near bottom Pages are clean and tight.
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1908 Reed, Sarah A ROMANCE OF ARLINGTON HOUSE Boston: Chapple Publishing Co, c1908 110pp color frontis, photogravures 8vo illus cloth fine bright copy.
