creator of a nation; and then, in the very hour of triumph, -the tragedy for which destiny plainly marked him. Rightly told, the story is the epic of America."

It seems fitting, in this memorial volume, to include a few of Abraham Lincoln's own utterances which express his noble personality as other words, however felicitous, can hardly hope to do.

The Chronology will refresh the memory as to the sequence of events in this most eventful life.

The greater number of the poems are here collected for the first time. The others are found, very properly, in every Lincoln anthology.

For kindnesses received from publishers, authors, and others, in the making of this book, the compiler is sincerely grateful.

MARY WRIGHT-DAVIS.

STANDING STATUE OF LINCOLN (FRENCH)
STANDING STATUE OF LINCOLN (O'CONNOR)
STANDING STATUE OF LINCOLN (SAINT-GAUDENS)
BRONZE MEDAL OF LINCOLN (BRENNER)

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THE LIFE-MASK OF LINCOLN (VOLK)
THE EMANCIPATION GROUP (BALL).
SEATED STATUE OF LINCOLN (BORGLUM)

THE HANDS OF LINCOLN (VOLK).

STANDING STATUE OF LINCOLN (Barnard)

THE POTOMAC LINCOLN MEMORIAL HALL (BACON)

HEAD OF LINCOLN IN MARBLE (BORGLUM)

HEAD OF LINCOLN IN PLASTER (BARNARD)
THE HODGENSVILLE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BUILDING

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1864.

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS SON THOMAS ("TAD")

The sources of the illustrations, not elsewhere given, are as follows:

The French, the Saint-Gaudens, and the Weinman statues, from the studio of Mr. deW. C. Ward, New York. The Hodgensville Lincoln Memorial Building, the Lincoln Cabin, and the Lincoln Spring. from the Lincoln Memorial Association, through the courtesy of Mr. F. D. Casey, Art Editor of Collier's. The Borglum statue (alone), the Emancipation Group, the First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Potomac Lincoln Memorial Building, and the House Where Lincoln Died, from the studio of Messrs. Leet Brothers, Washington. The Borglum Head of Lincoln, through the courtesy of Mr. Charles E. Fairman, Washington. The Barnard statue, from Mr. J. S. Banford, Cincinnati. The O'Connor statue, through the courtesy of the sculptor, Mr. Andrew O'Connor, Paxton, Mass. The Brenner medal, from the studio of Mr. A. B. Bogart, New York. The others are from the famous "Brady Collection" now owned by Mr. L. C. Handy, Washington.