Administration of her bachelor uncle, James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. — From the Col- lections of the Library of Congress. �A hostess with little perceptivity and restraint would have soon placed the President in embarrassing situations. Because of her good judgment a number of Buchanan's

gave support to the idea that there should be a book about the Fifteenth President. Buchanan now de- �cided to write his own book, a documented account of his actions as President, the account to be based on official papers, and cor- respondence of those who worked with him. Late in 1862 Buchanan

. 5, 1836 �THE REDOUBTABLE HARRIET LANE Harriet Rebecca Lane, daughter of Elliot T. Lane and wife Jane Bu- chanan (sister of President James Buchanan), was born May 9, 1830, at Mercersburg, Pa., in the home later known as the Waidlich House on Main Street. She was doubly orphaned at the age of eleven

Harriet Lane (Later Harriet Lane Johnston) By (MRS. A. K.) IDA L. K. HOSTETTER T O ME has been assigned the pleasure of writing about Harriet Lane, the niece of President Buchanan, and mistress of the White House during Buchanan's term. The grandfather of Harriet Lane was James Buchanan, who