[1] Should this meet the eye of any persons who may have forgotten to return American copies of the "Biglow Papers" to their respective owners, they are requested to forward them to the publishers. The strictest secrecy will be preserved, and an acknowledgment given in _The Times_ if required. [2] See the English Edition of "Letters of Major Downing," published by John Murray in 1835, pp. 22, 23; and Letters x. xi. xii. and xv. CONTENTS. PAGE PUBLISHER'S PREFACE v EDITOR'S PREFACE vii NOTICES OF AN INDEPENDENT PRESS xxix No. I. A LETTER FROM MR. EZEKIEL BIGLOW OF JAALAM TO THE HON. JOSEPH T. BUCKINGHAM, EDITOR OF THE BOSTON COURIER, INCLOSING A POEM OF HIS SON, MR. HOSEA BIGLOW 1 No. II. A LETTER FROM MR. HOSEA BIGLOW TO THE HON. J. T. BUCKINGHAM, EDITOR OF THE BOSTON COURIER, COVERING A LETTER FROM MR. B. SAWIN, PRIVATE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT 11 No. III. WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS 27 No. IV. REMARKS OF INCREASE D. O'PHACE, ESQUIRE, AT AN EX-TRUMPERY CAUCUS IN STATE STREET, REPORTED BY MR. H. BIGLOW 40 No. V. THE DEBATE IN THE SENNIT. SOT TO A NUSRY RHYME 55 No. VI. THE PIOUS EDITOR'S CREED 64 No. VII. A LETTER FROM A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN ANSWER TO SUTTIN QUESTIONS PROPOSED BY MR. HOSEA BIGLOW, INCLOSED IN A NOTE FROM MR. BIGLOW TO S. H. GAY, ESQ., EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL ANTISLAVERY STANDARD 74 No. VIII. A SECOND LETTER FROM B. SAWIN, ESQ. 86 No. IX. A THIRD LETTER FROM B. SAWIN, ESQ. 106 GLOSSARY 127 INDEX 131 NOTICES OF AN INDEPENDENT PRESS.