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X. KING COTTON 1

XI. RUSSELL'S MEDIATION PLAN 33

XII. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 75

XIII. THE LAIRD RAMS 116

XIV. ROEBUCK'S MOTION 152

XV. THE SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE ASSOCIATION 186

XVI. BRITISH CONFIDENCE IN THE SOUTH 219

XVII. THE END OF THE WAR 247

XVIII. THE KEY-NOTE OF BRITISH ATTITUDE 274

INDEX 307

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PART TWO

PROFESSOR GOLDWIN SMITH Frontispiece

From a photograph by Elliott & Fry, Ltd.

JOHN SLIDELL facing p. 24

From Nicolay and Hay's "Life of Abraham Lincoln," by permission of the Century Co., New York.

"ABE LINCOLN'S LAST CARD" 102

Reproduced by permission of the Proprietors of "Punch"

WILLIAM EDWARD FORSTER (1851) 134

From Reid's "Life of Forster" (Chapman & Hall, Ltd.)

"THE AMERICAN GLADIATORS--HABET!" 248

Reproduced by permission of the Proprietors of "Punch"

"BRITANNIA SYMPATHIZES WITH COLUMBIA" 262

Reproduced by permission of the Proprietors of "Punch"

JOHN BRIGHT 294

From Trevelyan's "Life of John Bright" (Constable & Co., Ltd.)

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GREAT BRITAIN

AND THE

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

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