offin, and because you could see into Mr. Coffin's motives of
life."

With such leisure and ability as one in the active pastorate, who
preaches steadily to "town and gown" in a university town, could
command, I have cut a cameo rather than chiselled a bust or statue.
Many good friends, especially Dr. Edmund Carleton and Rev. H. A.
Bridgman, have helped me. To them I herewith return warm thanks.

W. E. G.

Ithaca, N. Y., May 24, 1898.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER Page

I. Introductory Chapter. 13
II. Of Revolutionary Sires. 19
III. The Days of Homespun. 30
IV. Politics, Travel, and Business. 41
V. Electricity and Journalism. 55
VI. The Republican Party and Abraham Lincoln. 66
VII. The War Correspondent. 79
VIII. With the Army of the Potomac. 95
IX. Ho, for the Gunboats, Ho! 107
X. At Antietam and Fredericksburg. 119
XI. The Ironclads off Charleston. 132
XII. Gettysburg: High Tide and Ebb. 141
XIII. The Battles in the Wilderness. 151
XIV. Camp Life and News-gathering. 162
XV. "The Old Flag Waves over Sumter". 175
XVI. With Lincoln in Richmond. 183
XVII. The Glories of Europe. 189
XVIII. Through Oriental Lands. 204
XIX. In China and Japan. 215
XX. The Great Northwest. 229
XXI. The Writer of History. 238
XXII. Music and Poetry. 256
XXIII. Shawmut Church. 268
XXIV. The Free Churchman. 284
XXV. Citizen, Statesman, and Reformer. 294
XXVI. A Saviour of Human Life. 308
XXVII. Life's Evening Glow. 321
XXVIII. The Home at Alwington. 333
XXIX. The Golden Wedding.