Produced by Bruce Albrecht, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Our American Holidays LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY Our American Holidays A series of Anthologies upon American Holidays, each volume a collection of writings from many sources, historical, poetic, religious, patriotic, etc., presenting each American festival as seen through the eyes of the representative writers of many ages and nations. EDITED BY ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER _12mo. Each volume $1.00 net_ NOW READY THANKSGIVING LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY CHRISTMAS MEMORIAL DAY IN PREPARATION WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY EASTER ARBOR DAY FLAG DAY FOURTH OF JULY NEW YEAR'S DAY MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY 31 East 17th Street New York Our American Holidays LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF LINCOLN AS GIVEN IN THE MOST NOTEWORTHY ESSAYS, ORATIONS AND POEMS, IN FICTION AND IN LINCOLN'S OWN WRITINGS EDITED BY ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER NEW YORK MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY 1916 Copyright, 1909, by MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY NEW YORK Published, January, 1909 2nd Printing--June, 1911 3rd Printing--July, 1914 4th Printing--Feb. 1916 CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE ix INTRODUCTION xi I A BIRDSEYE VIEW OF LINCOLN ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 3 A BRIEF SUMMARY OF LINCOLN'S LIFE _Osborn H. Oldroyd_ 6 II EARLY LIFE LINCOLN'S EDUCATION _Horace Greeley_ 15 ABE LINCOLN'S HONESTY 17 THE BOY THAT HUNGERED FOR KNOWLEDGE 18 ABRAHAM LINCOLN _Florence E. Pratt_ 19 YOUNG LINCOLN'S KINDNESS OF HEART 20 A VOICE FROM THE WILDERNESS _Charles Sumner_ 21 CHOOSING ABE LINCOLN CAPTAIN 22 III MATURITY