The Times on the American War
And Other Essays

In this 1865 work, Leslie Stephen criticises the attitude of The Times towards the American Civil War.

Leslie Stephen (Author)

9781108047623, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 June 2012

146 pages
21.6 x 14 x 0.9 cm, 0.2 kg

The biographer and writer on philosophy, ethics and literature Leslie Stephen (1832–1904) was educated at Eton, King's College, London, and then Trinity College, Cambridge, where he remained as a fellow and a tutor for his entire career. He served as the first editor (1885–91) of the Dictionary of National Biography and in 1871 he became editor of the Cornhill Magazine. In this short piece, published in 1865, Stephen takes issue with the portrayal of the American Civil War (1861–5) by The Times. Having travelled to the United States himself in 1863, Stephen argues that the newspaper's depiction of the events in America is inaccurate, and both misinforms the public in Britain and damages Britain's reputation abroad. Also included in this reissue is a short article on the poet John Byrom (1692–1763), and an obituary of Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), Stephen's personal friend.

The Times on the American War: 1. The Times on American affairs
2. The Times as a prophet
3. Slavery and the war
4. Change of The Times policy
5. The Times on the true cause of the war
6. The Times on the slavery question
7. The Times on emancipation measures
8. The Times correspondence
9. A military despotism
10. The instruments of despotism
11. Military criticism
12. Moral
John Byrom
Henry Sidgwick.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF]