THE WASHINGTON COMMEMORATION

Lincoln and the Character of American Civilization

Preserver of the Union-Saviour of the Republic: Reminiscences

THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY COMMEMORATION

Abraham Lincoln: Master of Time

Hon. Frank S. Black .

THE PITTSBURG COMMEMORATION

Lincoln: The Greatest American

Hon. James Schoolcraft Sherman

Lincoln's Hundredth Birthday (Poem)

William Morris Davis

The Man for the Hour

Alexander Montgomery Thackara

Paris, France

From Washington to Lincoln

Dr. Henry van Dyke .

Rome, Italy

The American Union and Italy

Hon. Lloyd C. Griscom

The Man Lincoln (Poem)

Wilbur D. Nesbit

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Colossal Head of Lincoln, by Gutzon Borglum . . . Frontispiece

Albums containing the Newspaper Clippings concerning the Lin-

coln Centenary, in the Library of the Editor

The Lincoln Stamp and Penny and the Lincoln Medal struck for

the Grand Army of the Republic .

Facsimile of Mayor Busse's Proclamation

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The Two Bronze Tablets erected during the Centenary upon the

site of the Old Tremont House .

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Bronze Tablet placed on the Site of the "Wigwam," Chicago, by

the Chicago Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution 34

Republican "Wigwam," in which Lincoln was nominated, 1860 . 35

Facsimile of Manuscript Tribute from Edwin E. Sparks, President

of the Pennsylvania State College .

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Facsimile of Manuscript Tribute from Gen. Smith D. Atkins, of

Illinois

Two Lincoln Centenary Cartoons by John T. McCutcheon.

The Old Tremont House, Chicago

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Firing of Presidential Salute by the Illinois Naval Reserve, Feb.

12, 1909, at the South End of Lincoln Park, Chicago.

Tomb of Stephen A. Douglas, Chicago .

Bronze Tablet inscribed with the Gettysburg Address

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Facsimile of Manuscript Tribute from Dr. Charles J. Little, Presi-

dent of Garrett Biblical Institute, Chicago .

Statue of Abraham Lincoln, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1887

Statue of Abraham Lincoln, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1907 . . 137

Facsimiles of Manuscript Tribute from Hon. John M. Dickinson,

Secretary of War . .

Bronze Bas-Relief of Lincoln, by C. Pickett

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Portrait of Hon. C. S. Deneen, Governor of Illinois

Facsimile of the Last Page of Manuscript of Speech made by

Ambassador Jusserand at Springfield .

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Facsimile of Manuscript Tribute from Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson

of Illinois, Ex-Vice-President of the United States

Facsimiles of Manuscript Tribute from Hon. Clark E. Carr, of

Galesburg, Illinois

Distinguished Guests on Centenary Day at the Tomb of Lincoln
in Springfield, Illinois

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Thomas Lincoln's Home in Illinois, where he died in 1851 .
Statue of Abraham Lincoln by Adolph Alexander Weinman, erected
in the Public Square of Hodgenville, Kentucky, by the State
of Kentucky and the Lincoln Farm Association
The Lincoln Log Cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky, where Abra-
ham Lincoln was born

Interior of Lincoln Cabin at Hodgenville, Kentucky.

Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln near Hodgenville, Kentucky

Autographed Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt

The Hodgenville Commemoration: Arrival of President Roose-

velt-Gathering about the Lincoln Cabin

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Laying the Corner Stone of the Lincoln Memorial Building at

Hodgenville, Kentucky

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Facsimiles of Mrs. Lincoln's Letter of Acknowledgment of the

Medal presented by the Citizens of France.

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Facsimiles of Victor Hugo's Letter accepting Membership on the

Committee of the French Democracy.

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Facsimile of Manuscript Tribute from James B. Angell, Presi-

dent Emeritus of the University of Michigan

Facsimile of Manuscript Tribute from Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge,
United States Senator from Massachusetts
Facsimile of Manuscript Tribute from Rev. Lyman T. Abbott,
Editor of "The Outlook"

The Peterson House, in which Lincoln died, Washington, D. C.

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Charles R. Van Hise, President of the University of Wisconsin, reading his Address at the Madison Commemoration . . . 392 Unveiling of the Bronze Replica of the Statue of Lincoln by Weinman at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Commencement Day, 1909 . .

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19 Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic in the Denver Centenary Parade .

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Scene in the Colorado Senate Chamber during the Lincoln Centenary Commemoration

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Scene in the Denver Auditorium during the Lincoln Centenary
Commemoration

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Facsimile of Manuscript Tribute from Señor Joaquim Nabuco,
Brazilian Ambassador to the United States.

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Facsimile of Manuscript Tribute from Wendell Phillips Stafford, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia

Autographed Portrait of President William H. Taft.

Facsimile of Tribute from President Taft

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Facsimile of Manuscript Tribute from Dr. Henry van Dyke .
Medal presented to the Widow of Abraham Lincoln by a Com-
mittee representing Forty Thousand French Citizens; now in
the Possession of Hon. Robert T. Lincoln

The Town Hall of Manchester, England.
The American Embassy in Berlin, Germany.

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