| [PROFESSOR GOLDWIN SMITH] | [Frontispiece] |
| From a photograph by Elliott& Fry, Ltd. |
| [JOHN SLIDELL] | facing p. [24] |
| From Nicolay and Hay's "Lifeof Abraham Lincoln," by permission of the Century Co., NewYork. |
| ["ABE LINCOLN'S LAST CARD"] | [102] |
| Reproduced by permission ofthe Proprietors of "Punch" |
| [WILLIAM EDWARD FORSTER (1851)] | [134] |
| From Reid's "Life of Forster"(Chapman & Hall, Ltd.) |
| ["THE AMERICANGLADIATORS--HABET!"] | [248] |
| Reproduced by permission ofthe Proprietors of "Punch" |
| ["BRITANNIA SYMPATHIZES WITHCOLUMBIA"] | [262] |
| Reproduced by permission ofthe Proprietors of "Punch" |
| [JOHN BRIGHT] | [294] |
| From Trevelyan's "Life ofJohn Bright" (Constable & Co., Ltd.) |