1. Liberty and equality: Kansas ; Lord Bryce and modern democracies ; The spirit of '76 ; The modern Leviathan ; Liberalism--a way station ; Freedom of speech ; The Marxian philosophy of history -- 2. History and historians: Labelling the historians ; The education of Henry Adams ; Henry Adams once more ; Mr. Wells and the new history ; Frederick Jackson Turner ; Everyman his own historian -- 3. Interpretations: Juliet Drouet and Victor Hugo ; The dilemma of Diderot ; John Jay and Peter Van Schaack ; The memoirs and the letters of Madame Roland.