LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

STEEL PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR (Plate), 2 OUR NATIONAL EMBLEM (Plate), 4 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY COLUMBUS (Plate), 16 LANDING OF PILGRIMS, 21 MAP SHOWING OUR ACCESSIONS OF TERRITORY, 25 CHICAGO AS IT APPEARED IN 1833, 28 GREAT CHICAGO FIRE, 28 BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF CHICAGO IN 1880, 29 NEW YORK IN 1776, 31 NEW YORK IN 1880, 32 AGRICULTURE VIGNETTE, 34 MINING SCENES, 39, 40 VIEW ON THE ERIE CANAL, 42 THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE, 43 CANTILEVER BRIDGE OVER NIAGARA RIVER, 44 WESTERN RAILWAY BUILDING, 45 GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF PRINTING AND ENGRAVING, 47 THE OLD FRANKLIN (Ramage) PRESS, 50 A MODERN BOOK PRESS, 51 REVIEW AND HERALD PUBLISHING HOUSE, 52 LOUISA HOME FOR NEEDY WOMEN, WASHINGTON, D.C., 53 A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, 56 LUMBER VIGNETTE, 57 PACIFIC RAILWAY CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS (Plate), 58 EGYPTIAN OBELISK (Plate), 59 CAPITOL BUILDING AT WASHINGTON, D.C., 59 THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, 60 BARTHOLDI’S STATUE OF LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD, 62 THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, 63 STEAMSHIP “CITY OF ROME,” 65 THE GREAT PRAIRIES OF THE WEST, 67 THE MAYFLOWER (FROM A MODEL IN PILGRIM HALL), 69 MEETING OF THE ORIENT AND OCCIDENT, 70 AMERICAN PROGRESS (Plate), 71 OIL WELLS, 87 EXECUTIVE MANSION WASHINGTON, D.C., 130 INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE, 149 SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 253, 269-273 OLD LIBERTY BELL, 274

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