The Executive Mansion 166 XXIX. Interests in Washington Which Can Not Here be Fully Described 179 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE President Roosevelt _Frontispiece_ Bird’s-eye View of Washington, Looking East from the Monument _Between_ 4 _and_ 5 Bird’s-eye View of Washington, Looking Down the Potomac from the Monument _Between_ 8 _and_ 9 The Capitol _Between_ 12 _and_ 13 Plan of the Principal Floor of the Capitol 15 Brumidi Frieze in Rotunda 22 Brumidi Frieze in Rotunda 23 The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation 27 GROUP I _Between_ 32 _and_ 33 Statuary Hall “Westward Ho!” Washington Declining Overtures from Cornwallis The Senate Chamber Some Prominent Senators The House of Representatives Some Prominent Representatives The Rotunda Bronze Door The Mace 41 The Speaker’s Room 42 Seating Plan of the Supreme Court Chamber 54 GROUP II _Between_ 80 _and_ 81 Justices of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court Room The Treasury Building The Old Bureau of Engraving and Printing The New Bureau of Engraving and Printing Gallaudet College for the Deaf The Smithsonian Institution The National Museum Macerating $10,000,000 of Money 88 The Patent Office 114 GROUP III _Between_ 128 _and_ 129 The Bureau of Indian Affairs The Congressional Library Grand Stairway of the Congressional Library The Rotunda (Reading-room) of the Congressional Library The Pension Office The State, War, and Navy Departments The German Embassy The British Embassy The French Embassy The Russian Embassy One of the Bronze Doors of the Congressional Library 133 The Declaration of Independence 148 Fish Commission Building 163 Mrs. Roosevelt 166 GROUP IV _Between_ 176 _and_ 177 The President and Cabinet New Entrance to the White House New Wing of the White House