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|+CONTENTS. |- | ||style="font-size:83%;font-variant:small-caps;"|page |-class="center" |colspan=2|LETTER I. |- |The State of Political Feeling—English Opinions of America||1 |-class="center" |colspan=2|LETTER II. |- |The State of Political Feeling—Australian Colonists in England—The French Treaty—Gossip||9 |-class="center" |colspan=2|LETTER III. |- |The War of Kindred—The National Mourning||22 |-class="center" |colspan=2|LETTER IV. |- |The American War—Messrs. Mason and Slidell—Prince Albert—The Working Classes—Employment of Women||35 |-class="center" |colspan=2|LETTER V. |- |Rumoured Abdication—Opening of Parliament—The House of Commons—Mr. Disraeli—Mr. Goldwin Smith—Gossip||44 |}