Excerpt from Seward and the Declaration of Paris: A Forgotten Diplomatic Episode, April-August, 1861 In the course of a somewhat elaborate historical study my attention has recently been drawn to an altogether forgotten diplomatic episode which occurred in that stage of initial crystallization, and to it I propose to devote this paper. As an incident in a most critical period, what I have to describe will, I think, prove not without interest; and, at the time, it was, as I now view it, of a possible importance appreciated neither then nor since. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.