s, strikingly
resembling in contour and the shape of the head some of the
early portraits of Ralph Waldo Emerson. It looks, however, as
if it had been taken at an earlier age than forty. As the only
portrait of Lincoln with a comparatively young face it will
be treasured by all his admirers, and his son has conferred
a distinct benefit by his courtesy in allowing it to be
reproduced.

There are numerous other portraits, among them those of the
Rev. Jesse Head, who married Lincoln's father and mother; of
Austin Gollaher, who was a boy friend of Lincoln in Kentucky,
and the only one now living; of his step-mother, Sarah Bush
Lincoln; of Josiah Crawford, whom Lincoln served in Indiana
as "hired boy;" of the well-known Dennis Hanks, cousin of
Lincoln's mother; of John Hanks, also a cousin; of Judge John
Pitcher, who assisted Lincoln in his earliest studies; and of
Joseph Gentry, the only boy associate of Lincoln in Indiana
now living. These portraits, in addition to the numerous views
of scenes connected with Lincoln's boyhood, add greatly to
the interest of the text. Mr. McClure, the proprietor of the
magazine, is certainly to be congratulated upon the successful
manner in which he has launched the opening chapters of the
new "Life of Lincoln." The remaining ones, running a whole
year, will be awaited with keen interest. It is said that
Miss Tarbell has found and obtained a shorthand report of his
unpublished but famous speech delivered at Bloomington, May
29, 1856, before the first Republican State convention ever
held in Illinois. This is a great find and a very important
addition to his published speeches. Many of those who heard
it have always claimed that it was the most eloquent speech he
ever made.

In an editorial in the "Standard-Union" of Brooklyn, Mr. Murat
Halstead expresses the general feeling of all who knew Lincoln:

The magazine gives an admirable engraving of this portrait
as the frontispiece, as "The earliest portrait of Abraham
Lincoln, from a daguerreotype taken when Lincoln was about
forty; owned by his son, the Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, through
whose courtesy it is here reproduced for the first time."
This is a very modest statement, considering the priceless
discovery it announces. The portrait does not show a man
"about forty" years old in appear