PUBLIC LIFE

AND

DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE

OF

JAMES M. MASON

WITH SOME PERSONAL HISTORY

BY

VIRGINIA MASON
(HIS DAUGHTER)

Second Thousand

24

NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON

THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY

1906

7384130

U.S 18783.2.5

HARVIAD CULLEGE

FEB 14 1011
LUBAST

Gift of
James F. Curtis

To the Young Men of Virginia 1 dedi-
cate this book with the earnest prayer
that it may be instrumental in arous-
ing them to a full sense of personal
responsibility for the public weal, and
in stimulating them to provide for
their State an incorruptible govern
ment administered by statesmen who
regard public office as a sacred trust.

COPYRIGHT, 1903
BY VIRGINIA MASON
COPYRIGHT, 1906
BY VIRGINIA MASON

PRINTED AND BOUND BY
THE STONE PRINTING AND MANUFACTURING CO.

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA