CONSTITUTION, 264 XXIII. SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE AND THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, 273 XXIV. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LIBERATOR OF THE SLAVES, 282 XXV. ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT AND THE CIVIL WAR, 302 XXVI. SOME LEADERS AND HEROES IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN, 314 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Christopher Columbus, 1 The Santa Maria, 7 The Nina, 8 The Pinta, 9 The Triumphal Return of Columbus to Spain, 13 An Indian Stone Maul, 20 Hernando De Soto, 22 De Soto Discovering the Mississippi, 25 Sir Walter Raleigh, 31 Queen Elizabeth, 35 Entrance to Raleigh's Cell in the Tower, 38 Tower of London, 39 An Indian Pipe, 40 John Smith, 42 John Smith and the Indians, 45 Indian Weapons, 46 Ruins of Jamestown, 47 Apache's War-club, 50 Sioux Indian Bow and Arrow with Stone Point, 50 Navajo Sling, 51 A Pappoose Case, 51 Tobacco Plant, 56 Loading Tobacco, 57 The Burning of Jamestown, 61 Miles Standish, 64 The Mayflower, 70 A Matchlock Gun, 74 A Group of Pilgrim Relics, 75 Pilgrims Returning from Church, 77 Brewster's and Standish's Swords, 79 Roger Williams on his Way to Visit the Chief of the Narragansett Indians, 83 A Block House, 84 Roger Williams's Meeting-House, 85 A Puritan Fireplace, 87