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Mr. Lowell in 1881
RIVERSIDE EDITION
THE WRITINGS OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
IN PROSE AND POETRY
VOLUME V
POLITICAL ESSAYS
BY
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
LONDON
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1898
CONTENTS
- The American Tract Society1
- The Election in November17
- E Pluribus Unum45
- The Pickens-and-Stealin's Rebellion75
- General McClellan's Report92
- The Rebellion: Its Causes and Consequences118
- McClellan or Lincoln153
- Abraham Lincoln177
- Reconstruction210
- Scotch the Snake, or Kill it?239
- The President on the Stump264
- The Seward-Johnson Reaction283
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- James Russell Lowell at the Age of 62.
Engraved on Steel, by J. A. J. WilcoxFrontispiece - Major Robert Anderson56
- General George B. McClellan91
- Abraham Lincoln178
- Andrew Johnson263
- William H. Seward302
POLITICAL ESSAYS
THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY
1858
There was no apologue more popular in the Middle Ages tha
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