upon their lives is a valuable contribution to the nation’s official history. Such a one is now offered to the people of this country. It is a complete work, comprising a biographical sketch of every President’s wife and hostess of the Executive Mansion from Mrs. Washington down to Mrs. Garfield. The information contained in the volume has never been compiled in any other form, and there are many historical facts of a most interesting nature for the first time presented to the public. The book contains the portraits of the wives of the Presidents, and of the ladies who presided over the Mansion during the administrations of unmarried Presidents. At a time when the women of this country are commanding the attention of the civilized world by reason of their higher education, superior mental attributes, and exalted social status, such a book is of exceptional value. The mechanical execution of the work will commend itself to all lovers of excellence in book-making. Nothing has been left undone that would make it worthy of the ladies whose records it contains. The unusual attractions of the theme, the style in which it is published, and the place in the country’s history which such a book fills, conspire to render it a work which the public and private libraries of this country cannot afford to be without; they cannot be called complete without a copy of the “Ladies of the White House.” ILLUSTRATIONS THE WHITE HOUSE _face title page_. MARTHA WASHINGTON (_Vignette_) _face page_ 39 MARTHA WASHINGTON „ „ 43 ABIGAIL ADAMS „ „ 87 MARTHA JEFFERSON „ „ 126 DOROTHY P. MADISON „ „ 171 LOUISA CATHARINE ADAMS „ „ 238 RACHEL JACKSON „ „ 272 MRS. MARTIN VAN BUREN „ „ 333 ANGELICA VAN BUREN „ „ 339 LETITIA CHRISTIAN TYLER „ „ 366 MRS. JAMES K. POLK „ „ 400 ABIGAIL FILLMORE „ „ 457 HARRIET LANE „ „ 498 MRS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN „ „ 526 MRS. ANDREW JOHNSON „ „ 546 MARTHA PATTERSON „ „ 573 MRS. ULYSSES S. GRANT „ „ 603 NELLIE GRANT SARTORIS „ „ 612 LUCY WEBB HAYES „ „ 628 LUCRETIA RUDOLPH GARFIELD „ „ 665