TO MY WIFE MAY PALMER DEPEW THIS BOOK GREW FROM HER ENCOURAGEMENT

FOREWORD

II. IN PUBLIC LIFE

III. ABRAHAM LINCOLN

IV. GENERAL GRANT

V. ROSCOE CONKLING

VI. HORACE GREELEY

VII. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES AND WILLIAM M. EVARTS

VIII. GENERAL GARFIELD

IX. CHESTER A. ARTHUR

X. GROVER CLEVELAND

XI. BENJAMIN HARRISON

XII. JAMES G. BLAINE

XIII. WILLIAM McKINLEY

XIV. THEODORE ROOSEVELT

XV. UNITED STATES SENATE

XVI. AMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS

XVII. GOVERNORS OF NEW YORK STATE

XVIII. FIFTY-SIX YEARS WITH THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

XIX. RECOLLECTIONS FROM ABROAD

XX. ORATORS AND CAMPAIGN SPEAKERS

XXI. NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS

XXII. JOURNALISTS AND FINANCIERS

XXIII. ACTORS AND MEN OF LETTERS

XXIV. SOCIETIES AND PUBLIC BANQUETS