From 1907 to 1913 he was England’s ambassador to the United States. From 1992 to 2003 he was the Director of the Institute of United States Studies in the University of London. Introduction, publisher’s note, preface to the first edition, preface to the edition of 1910, note to the edition of 1914, list of presidents, dates of remarkable events, area, population, and date of admission of the states, appendixes, index.