Behind The Mirrors
by Clinton W. Gilbert
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About this eBook
- Author
- Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace), 1871-1933
- Title
- Behind the Mirrors: The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington
- Credits
- Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E740: History: America: Twentieth century
- Subject
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1921-1923
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38819
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38819
- Release Date
- February 10, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PRESIDENT WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING — BEHIND THE MIRRORS
- 2.By the Author of "The Mirrors of Washington"
- 3.FOREWORD
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 6.BEHIND THE MIRRORS
- 7.CHAPTER I — PRESIDENT HARDING AND THE CLOCK. GOD'S TIME AS IT WAS IN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
- 8.CHAPTER II — GOD'S TIME AS IT IS; AN INGERSOLL THAT REQUIRES MUCH WINDING — UNCLE SAM'S CONFERENCE
- 9.CHAPTER III — GOLDEN WORDS TURN TO BRASS — REPRESENTATIVE FRANK W. MONDELL OF WYOMING
- 10.CHAPTER IV — THE SUPER-PRESIDENT GOES DOWN IN THE GENERAL SMASH
- 11.CHAPTER V — LOOKING FOR ULTIMATE WISDOM—IN THE BOSOM OF THÉRÈSE — LORD RIDDELL
- 12.CHAPTER VI — SHALL WE FIND OUR SALVATION SITTING, LIKE MR. MELLON, ON A PILE OF DOLLARS — ANDREW W. MELLON, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
- 13.CHAPTER VII — THE BOTTLE NECK OF THE CABINET, AND WHAT IS IN THE BOTTLE — ARTHUR BALFOUR — ATTORNEY-GENERAL H. M. DAUGHERTY
- 14.CHAPTER VIII — THE GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR OF MUCH LITTLENESS
- 15.CHAPTER IX — CONGRESS AT LAST WITH SOMETHING TO DO HAS NO ONE TO DO IT — SENATOR JAMES E. WATSON OF INDIANA — REPRESENTATIVE FREDERICK H. GILLETT OF MASSACHUSETTS
- 16.CHAPTER X — INTERLUDE. INTRODUCING A FEW MEMBERS OF THE UPPER HOUSE BOOBOISIE AND SOME OTHERS — SENATOR JOSEPH S FRELINGHUYSEN OF NEW JERSEY — SENATOR HARRY S. NEW OF INDIANA — SENATOR JAMES W. WADSWORTH OF NEW YORK — SENATOR WILLIAM M. CALDER OF NEW YORK
- 17.CHAPTER XI — A PEAK OF REALITY THRUSTS UP ON THE LEVEL PLAIN OF SHAMS — SENATOR ARTHUR I CAPPER OF KANSAS — GREY SILVER, THE MAN BEHIND THE FARM BLOC
- 18.CHAPTER XII — THE HAPPY ENDING —
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