TABLE OF CONTENTS

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By Ida M. Tarbell. [213]

Lincoln's Life at New Salem from 1832 to 1836. [213]

Looking for Work. [213]

Decides to Buy a Store. [213]

He Begins to Study Law. [221]

Berry and Lincoln Get a Tavern License. [226]

The Firm Hires a Clerk. [227]

Lincoln Appointed Postmaster. [228]

A New Opening. [228]

Surveying with a Grapevine. [230]

Business Reverses. [230]

The Kindness Shown Lincoln in New Salem. [232]

Lincoln's Acquaintance in Sangamon County Is Extended. [232]

He Finally Decides on a Legal Career. [233]

Lincoln Enters the Illinois Assembly. [234]

The Story of Ann Rutledge. [236]

Abraham Lincoln at Twenty-six Years of Age. [238]

A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. By Ian Maclean. [241]

THE FASTEST RAILROAD RUN EVER MADE. By Harry Perry Robinson. [247]

A CENTURY OF PAINTING. By Will H. Low. [256]

THE TRAGEDY OF GARFIELD'S ADMINISTRATION. By Murat Halstead. [269]

Garfield's Administration. [274]

The Garfields in the White House. [277]

Last Interview with President Garfield. [278]

THE VICTORY OF THE GRAND DUKE OF MITTENHEIM. By Anthony Hope. [280]

Chapter II. [288]

CHAPTERS FROM A LIFE. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. [293]

THE TOUCHSTONE. By Robert Louis Stevenson. [300]

MAGAZINE NOTES. [304]

Mrs. Humphry Ward—Dr. Jowett. [304]

Three Hundred Thousand. [304]

Our Own Printing Establishment. [304]

Anthony Hope's New Novel. [304]

The Life of Lincoln. [304]

The Early Life of Lincoln. [304]

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. [304]

"The Sabine Women"—A Correction. [304]