CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME ONE

CHAPTER PAGE
[I.][BACKGROUNDS][1]
[II.][FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF IMPENDING CONFLICT, 1860-61][35]
[III.][THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POLICY, MAY, 1861][76]
[IV.][BRITISH SUSPICION OF SEWARD][113]
[V.][THE DECLARATION OF PARIS NEGOTIATION][137]
[VI.][BULL RUN; CONSUL BUNCH; COTTON, AND MERCIER][172]
[VII.][THE "TRENT"][203]
[VIII.][THE BLOCKADE][244]
[IX.][ENTER MR. LINDSAY][274]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PART ONE

[LORD JOHN RUSSELL][Frontispiece]
From Trevelyan's "Garibaldiand the Making of Italy"
[LORD LYONS (1860)]Facing p. [42]
From Lord Newton's "Life ofLord Lyons" (Edward Arnold & Co.)
[SIR WILLIAM GREGORY, K.C.M.G.][90]
From Lady Gregory's "SirWilliam Gregory, K.C.M.G.: An Autobiography" (JohnMurray)
[WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD][114]
From Lord Newton's "Life ofLord Lyons" (Edward Arnold & Co.)
[C.F. ADAMS][138]
From a photograph in theUnited States Embassy, London
[JAMES M. MASON][206]
From a photograph by L.C.Handy, Washington
["KING COTTON BOUND"][262]
Reproduced by permission ofthe Proprietors of "Punch"