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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 1858, Photograph by S. M. Fassett, Chicago .......... 71
THE CAPITOL, at Second Inauguration of Lincoln ................. 73
THE WHITE HOUSE ................................................ 76
WHERE LINCOLN WORSHIPPED, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
Washington, D. C. ........................................ 79
LINCOLN IN 1858, Photograph Owned by Stuart Brown,
Springfield, Ill. ........................................ 82
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph Autographed for Miss Speed ....... 84
LINCOLN IN FEBRUARY, 1860, Photograph by Brady ................. 86
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Gardner ....................... 88
EMANCIPATION GROUP, in Park Square, Boston ..................... 90
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady, 1863 ................... 93
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Gardner, 1863 ................. 95
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady ......................... 97
LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG ......................................... 100
PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS SON THOMAS ("TAD") .................. 103
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady ........................ 106
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady ........................ 108
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Gardner, 1864 ................ 112
PRESIDENT LINCOLN AT ANTIETAM ................................. 115
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Gardner, 1864 ................ 118
PRESIDENT-ELECT LINCOLN, Photograph at Springfield, Ill.,
1861 .................................................... 120
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady, 1862 .................. 122
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady, 1864 .................. 124
STATUE OF LINCOLN in Hodgenville, Ky.; Adolph A. Weinman,
sculptor ................................................ 126
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady, 1864 .................. 128
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Gardner, 1865 ................ 130
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Gardner, 1865 ................ 132
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady, 1865 .................. 134
FORD'S THEATRE, WASHINGTON, D. C. ............................. 138
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, FOULLY ASSASSINATED,
Cartoon in London _Punch_ ............................... 140
DEATHBED OF LINCOLN ........................................... 144
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND EDWIN M. STANTON .......................... 146
DEATH OF LINCOLN .............................................. 149
HOUSE IN WHICH LINCOLN DIED ................................... 150
JOSEPHINE OLDROYD TIEFENTHALER ................................ 150
THE FUNERAL OF LINCOLN, in East Room of White House ........... 154
THE FUNERAL CAR ............................................... 158
CITY HALL, NEW YORK, N. Y. .................................... 162
ROTUNDA, CITY HALL ............................................ 166
ST. JAMES HALL, BUFFALO, N. Y. ................................ 168
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady, 1863 .................. 170
LINCOLN HOMESTEAD, May 4, 1865 ................................ 172
STATE CAPITOL, ILLINOIS, 1865 ................................. 175
PUBLIC VAULT, OAK RIDGE CEMETERY, SPRINGFIELD, ILL. ........... 178
FACADE OF PUBLIC VAULT ........................................ 180
LINCOLN MONUMENT, in Springfield, Ill., Larken G. Mead,
Architect ............................................... 182
STATUE OF LINCOLN, Lincoln Park, Washington, D. C.,
Thomas Ball, sculptor ................................... 188
STATUE OF LINCOLN, by Leonard W. Volk ......................... 192
"THE GOOD GRAY POET" (Walt Whitman) ........................... 196
STATUE OF LINCOLN, in Washington, D. C.; Lott Flannery,
sculptor ................................................ 199
STATUE OF LINCOLN, in Muskegon, Mich.; Charles Niehaus,
sculptor ................................................ 203
LINCOLN AND CABINET ("First Reading of Emancipation
Proclamation"), Painted by Frank B. Carpenter ........... 206
STATUE OF LINCOLN, in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Randolph
Rogers, sculptor ........................................ 208
PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady, 1864 .................. 210
STATUE OF LINCOLN, in Lincoln Park, Chicago; Augustus Saint
Gaudens, sculptor ....................................... 214
TABLET AT PHILADELPHIA ........................................ 218
STATUE OF LINCOLN, in Rotunda of Capitol; Vinnie Ream,
sculptor ................................................ 222
STATUE OF LINCOLN, in Lincoln, Neb.; Daniel Chester French,
sculptor ................................................ 226
STATUE OF LINCOLN, in Burlington, Wis.; George E. Ganiere,
sculptor ................................................ 228
STATUE OF LINCOLN, in Edinburgh, Scotland; George E. Bissell,
sculptor ................................................ 231
STATUE OF LINCOLN, in Newark, N. J.; Gutzon Borglum,
sculptor ................................................ 234
CHILDREN ON THE BORGLUM STATUE ................................ 236
HEAD OF LINCOLN, Bronze Medallion in Commemoration of Lincoln
Centenary, Struck for the Grand Army of the Republic .... 238
MARBLE HEAD OF LINCOLN, in Statuary Hall, Capitol; Gutzon
Borglum, sculptor ....................................... 240
THE LINCOLN BOULDER, at Nyack, N. Y. .......................... 243
BAS-RELIEF HEAD OF LINCOLN, James W. Tuft, sculptor ........... 246
A STUDY OF LINCOLN, Painting by Blendon Campbell .............. 249
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, at Washington, D. C., Henry Bacon,
architect ............................................... 252
[Illustration: LINCOLN