Lectures, speeches, etc., by Z. B. Vance: p. 369-493

Ancestry, birth, etc. / R.B. Vance -- Boyhood, education begun / R.B. Vance -- As student at the university / Kemp P. Battle -- Marriage, public life begun / R.B. Vance -- Legislative and congressional record -- Breaking out of the war, raises a company / R.B. Vance -- As soldier and war governor -- His arrest and imprisonment -- Vance as lawyer -- Personal and general description -- Vance as I knew him / R.N. Price -- Vance and Settle campaign -- Symposium -- As governor after the war / Chas. D. McIver -- Death of mother and wife -- As United States senator -- His attitude towards the Farmers' Alliance -- Last sickness and death -- Eulogies in the United States Senate -- Lecture: The scattered nation -- Address: Duties of defeat -- Speech on the Blair bill -- Speech: President Davis' reported threat to coerce the seceding states -- Lecture: The political and social South during the war -- Lecture: Last days of the war in North Carolina

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