WHEN LINCOLN DIED, by James Arthur Edgerton ................... 247 HAD LINCOLN LIVED, by Amos Russell Wells ...................... 250 LET HIS MONUMENT RISE, by Samuel Green Wheeler Benjamin ....... 253 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph by Brady, 1864 ....... _Frontispiece_ LINCOLN, from a Bust by Johannes Gelert ........................ iv THE LOG CABIN, Birthplace of Lincoln ........................... 13 LINCOLN BY THE CABIN FIRE ...................................... 16 MENDELSSOHN, DARWIN, LINCOLN ................................... 20 MONUMENT TO THE MOTHER OF LINCOLN .............................. 25 THE RAIL SPLITTER .............................................. 28 THE BOY LINCOLN, by Eastman Johnson ............................ 30 LINCOLN THE LAWYER, from an Ambrotype, 1856 .................... 34 LINCOLN'S OFFICE CHAIR ......................................... 36 LINCOLN AS A CANDIDATE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR, from an Ambrotype by Gilmer, 1858 ................................ 40 LINCOLN AT THE TIME OF DEBATE WITH DOUGLAS, from an Ambrotype, 1858 ..................................................... 42 THE LINCOLN LIFE-MASK, by Leonard W. Volk ...................... 44 THE HAND OF LINCOLN, a Cast by Leonard W. Volk ................. 46 HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY, 1860, painted by Hicks ................................... 49 THE "WIGWAM," Convention Hall in Chicago, 1860 ................. 50 LINCOLN AS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, from an Ambrotype, 1860 .... 52 "HONEST ABE," Campaign Cartoon of 1860 ......................... 55 LINCOLN AS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, Photograph by Hesler, Chicago, 1860 ............................................ 58 LINCOLN AS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, Photograph at Springfield, Ill., 1860 .................................. 60 CABIN OF LINCOLN'S PARENTS, on Goose-Nest Prairie, Ill. ........ 62 LINCOLN HOMESTEAD, Springfield, Ill., 1861 ..................... 64 PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS SECRETARIES, JOHN G. NICOLAY AND JOHN HAY, Photograph at Springfield, Ill., 1861 .......... 67 INDEPENDENCE HALL, PHILADELPHIA ................................ 69 LINCOLN IN 1858, Photograph by S. M. Fassett, Chicago .......... 71 THE CAPITOL, at Second Inauguration of Lincoln ................. 73 THE WHITE HOUSE ................................................ 76 WHERE LINCOLN WORSHIPPED, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D. C. ........................................ 79 LINCOLN IN 1858, Photograph Owned by Stuart Brown, Springfield, Ill. ........................................ 82 PRESIDENT LINCOLN, Photograph Autographed for Miss Speed ....... 84 LINCOLN IN FEBRUARY, 1860, Photograph by Brady ................. 86