CONTENTS.CHAPTER I.PAGEINTRODUCTORY.—THE PRESENT CRISIS1CHAPTER II.THE JOURNEY FROM WASHINGTON28CHAPTER III.VIRGINIA.—GLIMPSES BY RAILROAD38CHAPTER IV.THE ECONOMY OF VIRGINIA108CHAPTER V.VIRGINIA AND ITS ECONOMY—CONTINUED141CHAPTER VI.SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA SURVEYED224CHAPTER VII.THE SOUTH-WEST—ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI272CHAPTER VIII.MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA285CHAPTER IX.FROM LOUISIANA THROUGH TEXAS342