XXVIII. The Executive Mansion 166 XXIX. Interests in Washington Which Can Not Here be Fully 179 Described ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE President Taft _Frontispiece_ Bird's-eye View of Washington, Looking East _Between_ 4 _and_ 5 from the Monument Bird's-eye View of Washington, Looking Down _Between_ 8 _and_ 9 the Potomac from the Monument 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 27 Proclamation The Mace 41 The Speaker's Room 42 GROUP I _Between_ 48 _and_ 49 Statuary Hall "Westward Ho!" Washington Declining Overtures from Cornwallis The Senate Chamber Some Prominent Senators The House of Representatives in Session Some Prominent Representatives New House Office Building 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 New Municipal Building Government Printing Office New Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Union Station The Smithsonian Institution The New 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 New French Embassy The Russian Embassy One of the Bronze Doors of the Congressional 133 Library The Declaration of Independence 148 Fish Commission Building 163 Mrs William H. Taft 166 GROUP IV _Between_ 176 _and_ 177 The President and Cabinet