Title Page
Preface
Lincoln’s Great Strength as a Boy
Was Proud of His Strength
Lincoln a Powerful Wrestler
Lincoln Split 400 Rails for a Yard of Jeans
Lincoln as a Verse Writer
Lincoln’s Quick Wit in Helping a Girl to
Spell a Word
Lincoln as a Notion Peddler
Lincoln Saved From Drowning
Lincoln’s Youthful Eloquence
One of Lincoln’s Songs
Lincoln’s First Political Speech
How Lincoln Became Known as "Honest Abe"
Lincoln Was an "Obliging" Man
How Lincoln Paid a Large Debt
His First Sight of Slavery
Lincoln and Jeff Davis in the Black Hawk War
Lincoln’s Glowing Tribute to His Mother
What Lincoln’s Step-Mother Said of Him
Lincoln’s First Love
The Duel Lincoln Didn’t Fight
Lincoln as a Dancer
Lincoln’s Courtship and Marriage
Lincoln’s Personal Appearance
Lincoln’s Mother
Lincoln’s Melancholia
Lincoln’s Height
How Lincoln Became a Lawyer
Lincoln as a Lawyer
Lincoln’s Conscientiousness in Taking Cases
The Jury Understood
Lincoln’s Honesty with a Lady Client
Lincoln Wins a Celebrated Case
Lincoln’s "Selfishness"
Lincoln Removes a License on Theatres
How Lincoln Got the Worst of a Horse Trade
Lincoln Helped Him to Win
Lincoln Settles a Quarrel Without Going to Law
A Lincoln Story About Little Dan Webster’s Soiled Hands
Lincoln’s Long Limbs Drive a Man
Out of His Berth
Lincoln’s Joke on Douglas
Lincoln Shrewdly Traps Douglas
Lincoln’s Fairness in Debate
Lincoln Asked His Friend’s Help
for the U. S. Senate
Making Lincoln Presentable
Evidence of Lincoln’s Religious Belief
Lincoln a Temperance Man
Lincoln’s Famous Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address
Lincoln as a Ruler
Lincoln’s Real Object in Conducting the War
Lincoln Asked for Some of Grant’s Whisky
Lincoln Believed Himself Ugly
Lincoln’s Kindness to a Disabled Soldier
A Sample of Lincoln’s Statesmanship
Two Good Stories
Lincoln Raises a Warning Voice Against the
Concentration of Great Wealth
Lincoln and the Dying Soldier Boy
The Dandy, the Bugs and the President
Lincoln Upheld the Hands of Gen. Grant
Why Lincoln Told Stories
Lincoln Rewards a Man For Kindness Thirty Years After the Occurrence
Lincoln a Merciful Man
Lincoln’s Humorous Advice to a
Distinguished Bachelor
How Lincoln Answered a Delicate Question
Lincoln Illustrates a Case Humorously
Why Lincoln Mistook a Driver to be an Episcopalian
How Lincoln Received a Jackknife as a Present
The Best Car For His Corpse
His Title Did Not Help Any
One of Lincoln’s Autographs
Lincoln’s Substitute
Lincoln’s Estimate of the Financial
Standing of a Neighbor
Lincoln’s Query Puzzled the Man
Lincoln’s Inauguration
John Sherman’s First Meeting with Lincoln
Lincoln and the Sentinel
Origin of "With Malice Toward None." Etc.
His Good Memory of Names
Lincoln’s Grief Over the Defeat
of the Union Army
Three Stories of Lincoln by Senator Palmer
His Famous Second Inaugural Address
Lincoln Said Even a Rebel Could be Saved
Washington and Lincoln Compared
Lincoln Remembered Him
Why Lincoln Pardoned Them
The Lincoln Portraits
Lincoln’s Faith in Providence
Lincoln’s Last Words
A Chicagoan Who Saw Lincoln Shot
Martyred Lincoln’s Blood
A Strange Coincidence in the Lives of Lincoln
and His Slayer
Where is the Original Emancipation Proclamation
Mr. Griffiths on Lincoln
A Famous Chicago Lawyer’s Views
Lincoln Was Plain but Great
Lincoln’s Specific Life Work
The Proposed Purchase of the Slaves
Senator Thurston’s Speech
Lincoln Analyzed
The Religion of the Presidents |