The reader will find in the chapter on that subject many important facts and incidents not heretofore published.
Why was it that the able and brilliant statesman from Maine, James G.
Blaine, died, as did Henry Clay, without having reached the acme of his ambition,--the Presidency of the United States?
Why was he defeated for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1876,--the only time when it was possible for him to be elected, and defeated for the election in 1884,--the only time when it was possible for him to be nominated?
The answer to these questions will be found in this book.
Then the interviews between the author and Presidents Grant and Cleveland, and Secretaries Blaine, Lamar, and Gresham will no doubt be interesting, if not instructive.
If, in writing this book, the author shall have succeeded in placing before the public accurate and trustworthy information relative to Reconstruction, his highest ambition will have been fully gratified, his sense of justice entirely satisfied.
JOHN R.LYNCH.
THE FACTS OF RECONSTRUCTION.