_Acknowledgment_
The Parents' League of the Louise S. McGehee School acknowledges with
appreciation the work of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Samuel in writing this book on
the Garden District in New Orleans. We are indeed grateful to them for
devoting their time and talent to this school project.
[Illustration: Italianate villa of James Robb, millionaire railroad
man, was showplace of Garden District in the early 1850's. It
occupied entire block of Washington Avenue, Camp, Chestnut, and
Sixth Streets. Rare works of art embellished its ornate rooms,
landscaped gardens.]