34 Frederick Law Olmsted 



there are but few accomplished in the world; so 

 we are always personally under an agitating pres- 

 sure and cloud of anxiety. The most serious point 

 just now is Chicago" (World's Fair). Chicago 

 and Biltmore claimed the major part of his time. 

 He also gave personal attention to the site of the 

 Soldiers' Memorial Arch at Concord, N. H., to 

 Presque Isle at Marquette, Mich., and to the 

 Rochester Parks. 



March Invited by the Brooklyn Park Commissioners to 

 examine the plantations in Prospect Park. 



O c t ' r Advice to Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, suggesting 

 " certain general principles as to future manage- 

 ment." 



N o v ' r Letter to Mr. Newlands on subdividing property 

 in Washington, D. C., and streets in the new 

 Connecticut Avenue district. 



1892: Consulted by the United States Government on 

 the development of the reservation at Hot Springs, 

 Ark. 



March Trip from Biltmore to Knoxville to Louisville to 

 Chicago to Rochester to Boston. 



Apr. 2 Sailed for Europe for rest, accompanied by Philip 

 Codman, F. L. Olmsted, Jr., and Marion Olmsted. 

 Illness while abroad prevented his doing much 

 travelling for professional study himself, although 

 he moved somewhat about England and France. 

 He directed the studies of his pupils Philip Codman 

 and F. L., Jr., with constant interest, and he was 

 able to make a study of pleasure boating on the 



