Illustrations

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Portrait of Daniel Webster .

Frontispiece

"The front of Jove himself,

An eye like Mars to threaten and

command."

Supreme Court Room in the Capitol at
Washington. Formerly the Senate

It was in this room that Webster de-
livered his reply to Hayne.

Portrait of Robert Young Hayne

"A skilful debater, a master of caustic

eloquence."

The National Capitol at Washington

The east front as it now appears.

The City of Washington

"The city of magnificent distances."
A view down Pennsylvania avenue,
from a recent photograph.

United States Senate Chamber

As it appears at the present day.

Illustrations

Houses of Parliament

A stately pile of buildings fronting
on the Thames river. Near by are
Westminster Abbey and the great
Westminster Bridge.

Interior of the House of Commons

"A rich dark room instinct with a solemn grandeur, bathed in an atmosphere of weighty deliberation." Westminster Bridge

The picture shows a portion of the
Houses of Parliament and at the
left the bridge crossing the Thames.
Thames Embankment .

"Earth has not anything to show
more fair."

Forms of prose Composition