CONTENTS CHAPTER XXV. THE WINTER OF 1860-61: SEWARD PRESERVES XXVIII. SIGNS OF THE INADEQUACY OF SEWARD'S POLICY OF PAGE 1 46 70 91 123 XXX. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. SHAPING FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1861 150 XXXI. Two DIPLOMATIC INCIDENTS: SEWARD AND THE DECLARATION OF PARIS; BRITISH AND FRENCH XXXII. "KING COTTON," THE BLOCKADE, AND THE EU 187 XXXIV. SEWARD AND THE POLITICAL PRISONERS, TO FEB |