Mirrors of Washington
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Octavo. Portraits
HARDING It does to our great and near-great
WILSON what the "gentleman with a duster"
HUGHES did to eminent Englishmen in "The
HARVEY Mirrors of Downing Street." It tells
HOUSE painfully plain truths about the personalities
HOOVER of those in whose hands our destinies
ROOT lie or have lain. It is searching in its
LODGE analyses, and contains fourteen discerning,
BORAH piercing, sometimes satirical, always
KNOX brilliant, character studies. "And," says the
PENROSE N.Y. Eve. Post, "it contains
LANSING indiscretions delicious enough to satisfy
BARUCH the most exacting." 14 portraits and
JOHNSON 14 amusing caricatures by Cesare.
Chicago Daily News: "We recommend it because it gives a startling and clear picture of Washington's fourteen great political figures—an unusual picture, quite different from anything we have had thus far in American critical writing. A chuckling exposé of the good and bad in American politics ... succinct word pictures, penetrating anecdotes ... not vicious ... gently, with a charmingly unobtrusive sapiency, the mysterious pen has traced the ludicrous outlines of the nation's anointed.... The book should be read by all hands and all parties. It is not partisan ... the sort of education which may be acquired once in a lifetime."
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