Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 14663-h.htm or 14663-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/6/6/14663/14663-h/14663-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/6/6/14663/14663-h.zip) McCLURE'S MAGAZINE VOL. VI, NO. 5, APRIL, 1896 TABLE OF CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS. THE NEW MARVEL IN PHOTOGRAPHY. By H.J.W. Dam. THE RÖNTGEN RAYS IN AMERICA. By Cleveland Moffett. THE HOUSEHOLDERS. By "Q." ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By Ida M. Tarbell. Lincoln in the Campaign of 1840. Lincoln's Engagement to Miss Todd. The Lincoln and Shields Duel. Marriage of Lincoln and Miss Todd. "PHROSO." By Anthony Hope. Chapter I. A Long Thing Ending in Poulos. Chapter II. A Conservative Country. Chapter III. The Fever of Neopalia. A CENTURY OF PAINTING. By Will H. Low. "SOLDIER AN' SAILOR TOO." By Rudyard Kipling. RACHEL. By Mrs. E.V. Wilson. CHAPTERS FROM A LIFE. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. EDITORIAL NOTES. Twenty Thousand Dollars for Short Stories. The McClure's "Early Life of Lincoln." The McClure's New "Life of Grant." New Pictures of Lincoln. The Abraham Lincoln School of Science and Practical Arts. The House in which Lincoln's Parents Were Married--a Correction. ILLUSTRATIONS PICTURES SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES IN PENETRABILITY TO THE RÖNTGEN RAYS. DR. WILLIAM KONRAD RÖNTGEN, DISCOVERER OF THE X RAYS. PICTURE OF AN ALUMINIUM CIGAR-CASE, SHOWING CIGARS WITHIN. PHOTOGRAPH OF A LADY'S HAND SHOWING THE BONES, AND A RING ON THE THIRD FINGER. THE PHYSICAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG. SKELETON OF A FROG, PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH THE FLESH. RAZOR-BLADE PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH A LEATHER CASE AND THE RAZOR-HANDLE. SKELETON OF A FISH PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH THE FLESH. A HUMAN FOOT PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH THE SOLE OF A SHOE. PHOTOGRAPHING A FOOT IN ITS SHOE BY THE RÖNTGEN PROCESS. BONES OF A HUMAN FOOT PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH THE FLESH. CORK-SCREW, KEY, PENCIL WITH METALLIC PROTECTOR, AND PIECE OF COIN. COINS PHOTOGRAPHED INSIDE A PURSE. DR. WILLIAM J. MORTON PHOTOGRAPHING HIS OWN HAND UNDER RÖNTGEN A GROUP OF FAMILIAR ARTICLES UNDER THE RÖNTGEN RAYS. THOMAS A. EDISON EXPERIMENTING WITH THE RÖNTGEN RAYS. "I ... TRIED A STEP TOWARD THE STAIRS, WITH EYES ALERT ..." "HE STOOD SIDEWAYS, ... AND LOOKED AT ME OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER." "FACE TO FACE WITH THE REAL HOUSEHOLDER." OLD STATE-HOUSE AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. A HARRISON BADGE OF 1840. A HARRISON BUTTON OF 1840. LINCOLN IN 1860. ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1861. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, NINTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. JOSHUA F. SPEED AND WIFE. MARY TODD LINCOLN. LINCOLN IN 1858. ROBERT S. TODD. MISS JULIA JAYNE, ONE OF MISS TODD'S BRIDESMAIDS. GENERAL JAMES SHIELDS. MRS. NINIAN W. EDWARDS. COURT-HOUSE AT TREMONT WHERE LINCOLN RECEIVED WARNING OF SHIELDS'S CHALLENGE.