Illustrations

[Henry Watterson (About 1908)]

[Henry Clay--Painted at Ashland by Dodge for The Hon. Andrew Ewing of Tennessee-The Original Hangs in Mr. Watterson's Library at "Mansfield"]

[W. P. Hardee, Lieutenant General C.S.A.]

[John Bell of Tennessee--In 1860 Presidential Candidate "Union Party"--"Bell and Everett" Ticket]

[Artemus Ward]

[General Leonidas Polk--Lieutenant General C.S.A. Killed in Georgia, June 14, 1864--P. E. Bishop of Louisiana]

[Mr. Watterson's Editorial Staff in 1868 When the Three Daily Newspapers of Louisville Were United into the Courier-Journal. Mr. George D. Prentice and Mr. Watterson Are in the Center]

[Abraham Lincoln in 1861. From a Photograph by M. B. Brady]

[Mrs. Lincoln in 1861]

"MARSE HENRY"

Chapter the First

I Am Born and Begin to Take Notice--John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson--James K. Polk and Franklin Pierce--Jack Dade and "Beau Hickman"--Old Times in Washington