CONTENTS

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I.—Introduced [1]
II.—Thomas Lincoln's family stories [17]
III.—The old blacksmith's shop and the merry story-tellers [33]
IV.—A boy with a heart [55]
V.—Jasper cobbles for Aunt Olive.—Her queer stories [62]
VI.—Jasper gives an account of his visit to Black Hawk.—Aunt Indiana's wig [75]
VII.—The examination at Crawford's school [87]
VIII.—The Parable preaches in the wilderness [100]
IX.—Aunt Indiana's prophecies [108]
X.—The Indian runner [115]
XI.—The cabin near Chicago [122]
XII.—The white Indian of Chicago [133]
XIII.—Lafayette at Kaskaskia.—The stately minuet [140]
XIV.—Waubeno and young Lincoln [156]
XV.—The debating school [166]
XVI.—The school that made Lincoln President [177]
XVII.—Thomas Lincoln moves [184]
XVIII.—Main-pogue [196]
XIX.—The forest college [202]
XX.—Making Lincoln a "Son of Malta" [214]
XXI.—Prairie Island [218]
XXII.—The Indian plot [229]
XXIII.—For Lincoln's sake [236]
XXIV.—"Our Lincoln is the man" [251]
XXV.—At the last [265]