CONTENTS. 7 



PART Y. 



MATTHEW C. PERRY. 



PAG8 



CHAP. I. Origin and Aims of the Expedition to Japan 365 



II. Public Interview between Com. Perry and the Imperial 



Commissioners 377 



HI. Establishment of a Commercial Treaty with the Ja- 

 panese Empire 885 



IV. Concluding Labors of Com. Perry in Japan and Lew 



Chew.., , 400 



