Every effort has been made to faithfully reproduce the original book
in this etext. The inconsistent, alternate and archaic spelling and
usage that one would expect in a collection of poets and authors from
1915 and earlier have been preserved. Errors in the Index, obvious
and simple enough to be assumed typesetter's errors, have been
corrected. Other problems and corrections are listed below.
Page: 1
Text: extends his grateful acknowledgment
Change: acknowledgement changed to acknowledgment (to match
spelling of section title)
Page: 6
Text: Abraham Lincoln Foully Assassinated, by Tom Taylor
Change: removed comma after Taylor
Page: 11
Text: The Funeral of Lincoln, in East Room of White House
Change: removed comma after White House
Page: xvi
Text: Yours truly,
Change: Comma added
Page: xvii
Text: It matters not to me whether Shakspeare be well or
ill acted
Change: Shakespeare changed to Shakspeare (alternate spelling
used by Carpenter)
Page: xx
Text: performed this function in a still more
Change: added the word "in"
Page: 22
Text: Like all great souls with vision unobscured
Change: version changed to vision
Page: 116
Text: May be forgotten by and by
Change: fogotten changed to forgotten
Page: 117
Text: Shrewd, hallowed, harassed
Change: harrassed changed to harassed
Page: 172
Text: (5) Hon. W. H. Wallace, Idaho
Change: Walace change to Wallace
Page: 172
Text: (3) Hon. Lyman Trumbull, Illinois
Change: Hon changed to Hon.
Page: 189
Text: And hang my wreath on his world-honored urn
Change: wealth changed to wreath
Page: 216
Text: He filled the Nation's eyes and heart
Change: We changed to He
Page: 216
Text: Pathetic, kindly, droll or stern
Change: added comma after Pathetic
Page: 223
Text: Here, Captain! dear Father!
Change: Hear changed to Here
Page: 243
Text: funds to remove it from
Change: extra "to" removed
Page: 252
Text: The George A. Fuller Company of Washington
Change: removed comma after Company
Harper's Bazar (page 109) did not change the spelling to Bazaar
until about 1929.
No poet is mentioned for "The Deathbed" on page 145. However,
this poem seems to be "Now He Belongs to the Ages" by William L.
Stidger, from The Lincoln Book of Poems, published by R. G.
Badger, copyright 1911, page 30. (available on archive.org)
Pages v, vi and vii refer to Lincoln's correspondent as both
Johnson and Johnston. Left as printed.