The _New York Tribune_ says of it: “‘The Seven Ages of Washington’ ... gives a remarkable interpretation of its subject.... It is plain that the author has been moved to the depths of him by his hero’s worth, finding in the traditionally ‘cold’ figure of Washington a type to touch the emotions as vividly as Napoleon touches them in even his most dramatic moments. He passes on his impression in a few chapters which gather up everyday traits as they come out in letters and other records. The salient events in Washington’s career, military and political, are indicated rather than dwelt upon. The object of interest is always his character; the things placed in the foreground are the episodes, great or small, which show us that character in action or point to the sources of its development.... The background, like the portrait, is handled with perfect discretion. The reader who is searching for an authoritative biography of Washington, brief, and made humanly interesting from the first page to the last, will find it here.” _PUBLISHED BY_ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64–66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Transcriber’s Note Some inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation have been retained. If there were small-caps, Small capitals changed to all capitals. This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text. The transcriber was born and raised in the Great Lakes region (the greater Cleveland area) and still lives there as of this writing. p. 332: changed “Groseillers” to “Groseilliers” (Radisson and Groseilliers returned to Quebec) p. 395: changed “Groseillers” to “Groseilliers” (Groseilliers, 39.)