THREE GENERATIONS [Illustration: MAUD HOWE _Frontispiece_] THREE GENERATIONS BY MAUD HOWE ELLIOTT _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_ [Illustration: colophon] BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1923 _Copyright, 1923_, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. _All rights reserved_ Published October, 1923 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To JOHN ELLIOTT CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I TWILIGHT OF THE GODS 3 II THE OWLS 22 III GREEN PEACE 30 IV SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS 46 V UNCLE SAM WARD 64 VI A STAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE 78 VII SANTO DOMINGO 91 VIII NEWPORT 106 IX SOME PAINTERS AND POETS 118 X ENGLAND 138 XI ROME 158 XII EGYPT. PALESTINE. GREECE 174 XIII BOSTON IN THE EIGHTIES 194 XIV THE NEW ORLEANS COTTON CENTENNIAL 204 XV CHICAGO AND BOSTON IN THE NINETIES 217 XVI LONDON IN THE NINETIES 232 XVII ARABIAN DAYS 248 XVIII ARTIST LIFE IN ROME, 1894 256 XIX A YEAR OF TRAVEL 271 XX MY MOTHER’S LAST ROMAN WINTER 283 XXI QUEEN MARGHERITA AT OUR STUDIO 295 XXII BY THE TIBER AND BY THE CHARLES 309 XXIII WASHINGTON IN 1910 331 XXIV THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY 346 XXV THE ART ASSOCIATION OF NEWPORT 367 INDEX 393 ILLUSTRATIONS MAUD HOWE _Frontispiece_ EDWIN BOOTH 40