No man who has borne a conspicuous part in the political history of the United States had a personality more interesting than that of James G. Blaine. He possessed all the qualities that draw men to a political leader. Contents: Lineage, Education and Early Manhood; Editor and Political Leader; Years in Congress; Speaker; Minority Leader, The Mulligan Letters; The Check in 1876, Senator; Garfield's Cabinet, Candidate for the Presidency, Again Secretary of State; The Last Years, The Man and the Statesman. Illustrated.