Mount Vernon, the Home of Washington. Descriptive, Historical, and Pictorial

446 pp. Green boards. With 160 illustrations. Engraved on steel and wood, chiefly from original drawings by the author. "This book presents, in its contents and their arrangement in proper order, a more complete picture of the home-life at Mount Vernon... The narrative begins with the period of Washington's earliest associations with Mount Vernon, while he was a mere lad, and delineates, with pen and pencil, the most prominent events and objects of his surroundings in private life until the last scenes of his death, and burial, and the rendering of public honors to his memory by the nation. It also contains a complete catalogue of the books in Washington's library, and an inventory of his household furniture of every kind at the time of his death. This catalogue and inventory show, in minute detail, how the mansion at Mount Vernon was furnished, in all its parts, by its distinguished master. The book also contains some account of the early home of the Washington family in England; a copy of Washington's last Will and Testament, a copy of Mrs. Washington's Will, and the Act of Incorporation of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, the present possessors of the venerated mansion and the surrounding grounds on the Potomac River."--Preface