TABLE OF CONTENTS

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Edited by Ida M. Tarbell.[115]

Lincoln's First Experiences in Illinois. [115]

In Charge of Denton Offutt's Store. [115]

The Clary's Grove Boys. [117]

Lincoln Studies Grammar. [119]

A Candidate for the General Assembly. [122]

The Black Hawk War. [127]

Lincoln a Captain. [129]

The Black Hawk Campaign. [132]

Electioneering for the General Assembly. [135]

EUGENE FIELD AND HIS CHILD FRIENDS. By Cleveland Moffett.[137]

POEMS OF CHILDHOOD. By Eugene Field. [140]

With Trumpet and Drum. [140]

The Delectable Ballad of the Waller Lot. [140]

The Rock-a-by Lady. [142]

"Booh!" [142]

The Duel. [143]

The Ride to Bumpville. [143]

So, So, Rock-a-by So! [144]

Seein' Things. [144]

A CENTURY OF PAINTING. By Will H. Low.[145]

THE DEFEAT OF BLAINE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. By Murat Halstead.[159]

THE NEW STATUE OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. By Frank B. Gessner.[172]

THE SILENT WITNESS. By Herbert D. Ward.[175]

THE SUN'S LIGHT. By Sir Robert Ball.[187]

CHAPTERS FROM A LIFE. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.[191]

Life in Andover before the War. [191]

THE WAGER OF THE MARQUIS DE MÉROSAILLES. By Anthony Hope.[198]

MISS TARBELL'S LIFE OF LINCOLN. [206]