From a portrait by Thomas Hicks, painted in 1867. The
property of The Century Club, New York. Reproduced
through the courtesy of The Century Club.

OF

WILLIAM MAXWELL EVARTS

EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY HIS SON

SHERMAN EVARTS

In Three Volumes

VOL. I

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1919

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1919, by

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Set up and printed. Published September, 1919.