BOARD OF EDITORS SCIENCE ANGELO HEILPRIN, author of “The Earth and Its Story,” etc.; Curator Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. JOSEPH TORREY, JR., Ph.D., Instructor in Chemistry in Harvard University. RAY STANNARD BAKER, A.B., author of “The New Prosperity,” etc.; Associate Editor of McClure's Magazine. BIOGRAPHY MAYO W. HAZELTINE, A.M., author of “Chats About Books,” etc.; Literary Editor of the New York Sun. JULIAN HAWTHORNE, author of “Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife,” “History of the United States,” etc. CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS, A.B., A.M., author of “A History of Canada”; late Professor of English and French Literature, King’s College. FICTION RICHARD HENRY STODDARD, author of “The King's Bell,” etc.; Literary Editor of the New York Mail and Express. HENRY WAN DYKE, D.D., LL.D., author of “Little Rivers,” etc.; Professor of English Literature at Princeton University. THOMAS NELSON PAGE, LL.D., Litt.D., author of “Red Rock,” etc. ORATIONS HON. HENRY CABOT LODGE, A.B., LL.B., author of “Life of Daniel Webster,” etc.; U. S. Senator from Massachusetts. HON. JOHN. R. PROCTOR, President U. S. Civil Service Commission. MORRIS HICKEY MORGAN, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor in Latin, Harvard University. CONTENTS AMERICA GRITTENDEN On the Crittenden Compromise................... ---------------------------...---- ? BUCHANAN Inaugural Address..................................... ----------------------------...... 16 STEVENS Against Webster and Northern Compromisers 26 The Issue against Andrew Johnson 36 EVERETT History of Liberty.............. ----- - - - - - - - ------------ ------------ ------------------- 39 CHOATE Books and Civilization in America.................................................. 67 Necessity of Compromises in American Politics.......... ---------------------- 77 WADE On Secession............................................. ------- -------------------- ..... 89 DAVIS Withdrawal from the Union.... . ......... 108 Inaugural Address......................... ----------------- ------------------ - - - - - - - - 115 LINCOLN On his Nomination to the United States Senate................................... 121 First Inaugural Address................................................ ............. 131 At Gettysburg................ 142 Second Inaugural Address... 143 TOOMBS On Secession.................................................. ------------- .......-.... 146 PHILLIPS John Brown and the Spirit of Fifty-nine......................................... 159 SUMNER On the Crime against Kansas....................--................................... 177 BENJAMIN Right of Property in Slaves........... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------ e -----ee- 200 DOUGLAS On the Kansas-Nebraska Bill........................................................ 218 |