Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's Notes:

1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_.

2. Minor punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected. A detailed
list, together with other notations appears at the end of this e-text.

3. A Table of Contents has been added by the transcriber to aid reader
navigation.

4. Footnotes have been moved to Chapter ends and assigned letters instead
of symbols.

5. Direct comparisons of "Common Sense" and the "Letters of Junius,"
presented side by side in the original text, appear as offset
indentation paragraph blocks in this e-text.

6. No page numbers appear in this e-text, however if reference is made
to a page or passage, not otherwise titled, Note 8, Par. 22, etc., a
page number in curly brackets is used to mark the place in the text,
(ex. {71}, {163}).

7. The APPENDIX, published separately, has been included in this e-text.

8. This book was published anonymously, however is attributed to author
JOEL MOODY (1834-1914).

JUNIUS UNMASKED:

OR,

THOMAS PAINE

THE AUTHOR OF

THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS,

AND THE

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

_Non stat diutius nominis umbra._

WASHINGTON, D.C.:
JOHN GRAY & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1872.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by

JOHN GRAY & CO.,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface 5

PART I. JUNIUS UNMASKED

Introduction 7

Method 11

Mystery 13

Statement 17

Letter--To the Printer of the Public Advertiser 19

Comments on the Doctors Notes 38

Estimate of Junius, by Mr. Burke 42

Social Position 44

Junius Not a Partisan 47

A Revolutionist 55

Review of Junius 60

Common Sense 68

Style 93

Mental Characteristics 131

Review 186

PART II.

An Examination of the Declaration of Independence 201

Analysis 227

Argument 229

Style 234

Special Characteristics 242

Grand Outlines of Thomas Paines Life 279

Conclusion 320

APPENDIX 323