SPEECHES, STORIES AND YARNS OF INCLUDING STORIES OF LINCOLN'S EARLY LIFE, STORIES OF WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH BY PAUL SELBY Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Illinois. FULLY ILLUSTRATED THOMPSON & THOMAS, CHICAGO, PREFACE. In presenting this volume to the public the aim of its publishers has been to give the reader in a limited space the most interesting, entertaining, and concise work ever published on Lincoln. The biography contained in this work was written by the Hon. Paul Selby, a personal friend of Lincoln, and for many years Editor of the State Journal at Springfield, Ill., Lincoln's home. The Stories, Anecdotes, and Yarns of Lincoln have been compiled from the most reliable sources, and are herein presented in an attractive form. The Great Speeches of Lincoln, which cannot fail to arouse the patriotism of the reader, are arranged in chronological order. |