Excerpt from The Art of Treasures: An Account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, With Descriptions and Criticisms of Their Contents, Including, Also, an Account of the Works of Art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the Most Important

Mr. Glenn Brown's History of the United States Capitol has furnished most of the facts concerning that interesting edifice contained in this volume, and will be found a most thorough and complete record of the building, with numerous and elaborate plates illustrating the care fully accurate text.

The preparation of the following material has involved a number of interesting discoveries about Washington that tempt one to perpetual digression. There are many avenues of adventurous interest here only suggested, rich in material, perforce, but regretfully, eliminated as not strictly germane to the subject in hand.

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