G. W. CARLETON & CO.,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.




To

MY DEAR COUSINS,

IDA AND GABRIELLE,


THIS

STORY OF A SUMMER

IS AFFECTIONATELY

Dedicated.




This little volume is in no sense a work of the imagination, but a
simple record of a pleasant summer's residence at Chappaqua, embracing
many facts and incidents heretofore unpublished, relating to one who
once occupied a large portion of the public mind. Believing that it
may interest many who care to know more of that portion of his busy