............................. 241
THE LINCOLN BOULDER, by Louis Bradford Couch .................. 243
WHEN LINCOLN DIED, by James Arthur Edgerton ................... 247
HAD LINCOLN LIVED, by Amos Russell Wells ...................... 250
LET HIS MONUMENT RISE, by Samuel Green Wheeler Benjamin ....... 253

ILLUSTRATIONS

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PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady, 1864 ....... _Frontispiece_
LINCOLN, from a Bust by Johannes Gelert ........................ iv
THE LOG CABIN, Birthplace of Lincoln ........................... 13
LINCOLN BY THE CABIN FIRE ...................................... 16
MENDELSSOHN, DARWIN, LINCOLN ................................... 20
MONUMENT TO THE MOTHER OF LINCOLN .............................. 25
THE RAIL SPLITTER .............................................. 28
THE BOY LINCOLN, by Eastman Johnson ............................ 30
LINCOLN THE LAWYER, from an Ambrotype, 1856 .................... 34
LINCOLN'S OFFICE CHAIR ......................................... 36
LINCOLN AS A CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR, from an
Ambrotype by Gilmer, 1858 ................................ 40
LINCOLN AT THE TIME OF DEBATE WITH DOUGLAS, from an Ambrotype,
1858 ..................................................... 42
THE LINCOLN LIFE-MASK, by Leonard W. Volk ...................... 44
THE HAND OF LINCOLN, a Cast by Leonard W. Volk ................. 46
HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY,
1860, painted by Hicks ................................... 49
THE "WIGWAM," Convention Hall in Chicago, 1860 ................. 50
LINCOLN AS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, from an Ambrotype, 1860 .... 52
"HONEST ABE," Campaign Cartoon of 1860 ......................... 55
LINCOLN AS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, Photograph by Hesler,
Chicago, 1860 ............................................ 58
LINCOLN AS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, Photograph at
Springfield, Ill., 1860 .................................. 60
CABIN OF LINCOLN'S PARENTS, on Goose-Nest Prairie, Ill. ........ 62
LINCOLN HOMESTEAD, Springfield, Ill., 1861 ..................... 64
PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS SECRETARIES, JOHN G. NICOLAY AND
JOHN HAY, Photograph at Springfield, Ill., 1861 .......... 67
INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA ................................ 69
LINCOLN IN