His entire letters from America to the _Times_ constitute a most valuable picture of the months preceding the outbreak of war, but the contempt poured on the Northern army for its defeat at Bull Run made Russell much disliked in the North.

This dislike was bitterly displayed in a pamphlet by Andrew D.White ("A Letter to William Howard Russell, LL.D., on passages in his 'Diary North and South'"), published in London in 1863.] [Footnote 1219: June 25, 1864.] [Footnote 1220: The _Army and Navy Gazette_, July 30, 1864.] [Footnote 1221: _Ibid._, June 25, 1864.] [Footnote 1222: _Ibid._, July 16, 1864.

Similar articles and editorials might be quoted from many of the more important papers, but the _Times_ and the _Gazette_ will suffice as furnishing the keynote.

I have not examined in detail the files of the metropolitan press beyond determining their general attitude on the Civil War and for occasional special references.

Such examination has been sufficient, however, to warrant the conclusion that the _weight_ of the _Times_ in influencing opinion was very great.