Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-225) and index.
Contents
Prologue: "Gladness of heart" -- "A large share of thought from the first" -- "Proper, practical relation" -- "A pernicious abstraction" -- "A plan of re-construction" -- "We, the loyal people, differ" -- "Fraught with difficulty" -- "A righteous and speedy peace" -- "The egg is to the fowl" -- Afterword: "the present 'situation'" -- Appendix: text of Lincoln's last speech, April 22, 1865.