removed from the Theater,

51 Death of Lincoln 51 Scenes in Washington 52 Death of Booth 52 Attempted Assassination of Secretary Seward 52 Reception of Mr. Lincoln's Death Throughout the Country 53 Meeting of Members of Congress 54 Committee To Attend the Remains To Illinois 54 Funeral Ceremonies 54 Funeral Cortege.—Washington, Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois 54 Personal Sketches 56 Fondness for Reading 59 Last Sunday of His Life 59 Conversational Powers 60 Public Speaker 60 The Words of Lincoln 61 Habitual Manner of Transacting Business at the White House 65 Description of Rooms and Furniture 66 Etiquette of Business Reception 67 Greatness of His Services 69 The Most Democratic President 71 Religious Creed 71 Belief in a God 73

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SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Modern history furnishes no life more eventful and important, terminated by a death so dramatic, as that of the Martyr President. Poetry and painting, sculpture and eloquence, have all sought to illustrate his career, but the grand epic poem of his life has yet to be written. We are too near him in point of time, fully to comprehend and appreciate his greatness and the vast influence he is to exert upon the world. The storms which marked his tempestuous political career have not yet entirely subsided, and the shock of his fearfully tragic death is still felt; but as the dust and smoke of war pass away, and the mists of prejudice which filled the air during the great conflict clear up, his character will stand out in bolder relief and more perfect outline.

The ablest and most sincere apostle of liberty the world has ever seen was Abraham Lincoln. He was a Christian statesman, with faith in God and man. The two men, whose pre-eminence in American history the world will ever recognize, are Washington and Lincoln. The Republic which the first founded and the latter saved, has already crowned them as models for her children.

Abraham Lincoln was born, February 12th, 1809, in Hardin County, in the Slave State of Kentucky.[1]

His father Thomas and his grandfather Abraham