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I.--EARLY LONG ISLAND DAYS 1

II.--NEW YORK AND SOME NEW YORKERS 21

III.--SCHOOL-DAYS AND EARLY FRIENDS 50

IV.--LIFE AND EXPERIENCES IN THE METROPOLIS 69

V.--LONG BRANCH, NEWPORT AND ELSEWHERE 96

VI.--SOME DISTINGUISHED ACQUAINTANCES 118

VII.--FASHION AND LETTERS 138

VIII.--WASHINGTON IN THE FORTIES 170

IX.--SOCIAL LEADERS IN WASHINGTON LIFE 194

X.--DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND OTHER CELEBRITIES 229

XI.--MARRIAGE AND CONTINUED LIFE IN WASHINGTON 256

XII.--SOJOURN IN CHINA AND RETURN 288

XIII.--THE CIVIL WAR AND LIFE IN MARYLAND 312

XIV.--VISIT TO THE FAR SOUTH AND RETURN TO WASHINGTON 335

XV.--TO THE PRESENT DAY 365

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Mrs. Gouverneur Frontispiece

Samuel L. Gouverneur, Junior 116

Mrs. John Still Winthrop, nee Armistead, by Sully 146

Mrs. Charles Eames, nee Campbell, by Gambadella 178

Brigadier General Winfield Scott, U.S.A., by Ingham 202

Mrs. James Munroe, nee Kortright, by Benjamin West 258

Miniature of James Monroe, painted in Paris in 1794 by Seme 284

Mrs. Gouverneur's three daughters, Miss Gouverneur, Mrs. Roswell Randall Hoes, Mrs. William Crawford Johnson 310

AS I REMEMBER