INTRODUCTION.
    By the Editor

LINCOLN AND RECONSTRUCTION (1865)

I. General John B. Gordon's Impressions at Appomattox

II. Lincoln's Speech on the Subject—His Last Words in Public (April 11, 1865)

LINCOLN'S PRESENTIMENT ON THE DAY OF HIS ASSASSINATION (1865)
By Charles Dickens

THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN (1865):

I. Secretary Stanton's Official Announcement

II. As Reported in the New York Tribune

THE FUNERAL OF LINCOLN (1865)
By James G. Blaine

THE PURSUIT, CAPTURE, DEATH, AND BURIAL OF BOOTH (1865)
By Ray Stannard Baker

ROBERT E. LEE'S ATTITUDE AFTER THE WAR (1865)
General Lee's Own Statement of it

THE SOUTH AFTER THE WAR (1865-1866):

I. Gen. Grant's Conclusions after a Tour

II. Gen. Carl Schurz's Conclusions

III. E. Benjamin Andrews on the Evils of Reconstruction

HOW THE ATLANTIC CABLE WAS SUCCESSFULLY LAID (1866)
By Its Chief Promoter, Cyrus W. Field

THE IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON (1868)
Senator Cullom's Personal Recollections

THE PURCHASE OF ALASKA (1868) How It Was Effected by Seward.
By James G. Blaine.

THE SECOND VISIT OF DICKENS (1868)
As Described by Dickens in Letters to Friends at Home

THE FIRST RAILROAD ACROSS THE CONTINENT (1869)
By John P. Davis

"BLACK FRIDAY" (1869)
By E. Benjamin Andrews

THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE (1871)
By Horace White

THE OVERTHROW OF THE TWEED RING (1870)
By E. Benjamine Andrews

THE "ALABAMA" CLAIMS AND THE GENEVA ARBITRATION (1871-1872)
By James G. Blaine

THE GREELEY CAMPAIGN (1872)
By James G. Blaine

THE PANIC OF 1873
By E. Benjamin Andrews

WHY RECONSTRUCTION FAILED (1865-1876):

I. The Evils Wrought in Daily Life and in the Franchise
    By E. Benjamin Andrews, Salmon P. Chase, and John Sherman

II. Phases of Reconstruction in South Carolina
    By Daniel H. Chamberlain

THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST CENTENARY (1876)
By E. Benjamin Andrews

THE HAYES-TILDEN ELECTION (1876)
By Edward Stanwood