69-77.] [Footnote 342: _Spectator_, Sept.

28, 1861.] [Footnote 343: _Saturday Review_, Nov.

2, 1861.] [Footnote 344: _Ibid._, Nov.16.

Spence's book rapidly went through many editions, was widely read, and furnished the argument for many a pro-Southern editorial.

Spence himself soon became the intimate friend and adviser of Mason, the Confederate envoy to England.] [Footnote 345: _Ibid._, Nov.