Nicolay, Helen "PERSONAL TRAITS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN"Eight illustrations from papers in Lincoln's Own Handwriting The Century Company..... $3.00 When John G. Nicolay began collecting material to be used in his joint work with John Hay, "Abraham Lincoln: A History," he began also putting many memoranda into a series of envelopes marked "Personal T. its' meaning at the time to make use of this material in the work which has come to be recognized as the authoritative life of Lincoln. This material in the end was not used in the large life; and it has remained for John Nicolay's daughter to work the rich accumulation of years into a volume in which the every-day life at the White House, Lincoln's attitude toward money, his moral fibre, his relations to his wife and children, and many other phases of Lincoln's private life are delightfully and illuminatingly set forth in a record whose interest will endure. Nicolay, John G. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN" - A Short Life condensed from Nicolay and Hay's Standard Work. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN: The Century Company.. A HISTORY" $4.00 This is the most important and valuable single-volume life of Lincoln in print-a remarkable condensation of the ten-volume work. For the everyday use of the busy man and the student it is unsurpassed. Nicolay, John G. and Hay, John "ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A HISTORY" -The authorized life of Lincoln, by his private secretaries. The Century Company. 10 volumes..... $35.00 This monumental work is the only full and authoritative record of the private life and public career of Abraham Lincoln. It is not only an intimate personal history of the great War President, but it also includes an account of the causes of the Rebellion, and is a record at first hand of the inside history of the Civil War. Oberholtzer, E. P. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN -(American Crisis Biogra phies) George W. Jacobs & Company...... ...$1.75 Hero worship has not influenced the author in the least degree in drawing his picture. The truth is given dispassionately, and with exceptional detachment. The book is rightly accounted as frank a treatment of the subject as has yet appeared. The failings as well as the strength in Lincoln's character are excellently portrayed and a balance is struck which shows the man as he really was. Phillips, Isaac N. (Editor) "ABRAHAM LINCOLN"-By the Men Who Knew Him Pantagraph Company. .......$1.50 A book of recollections by the following men: Judge Owen T. Reeves, Hon. James S. Ewing, Col. Richard P. Morgan, Judge Franklin Blades, Hon. John W. Bunn, Isaac N. Phillips. This is an intimate and valuable collection, available in a small edition only. Putnam, George Haven "THE PEOPLE'S LEADER IN THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL EXISTENCE" G. P. Putnam's Sons... .$1.50 With the above is included the speech delivered by Lincoln in New York, February 27th, 1860; with an introduction by Charles C. Nott, late Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, and annotations by Judge Nott and by Cephas Brainerd, of the New York Bar. Illustrated with portraits in photogravure. The total impression given by this book is such a sense of the living Lincoln, of his growth and ripening of character, of his commanding personality, and genius, as is to be found hardly anywhere else. Rice, Allen Thorndike (Editor) "REMINISCENCES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN" Harper & Brothers... $2.00 These papers are by the distinguished men of Lincoln's time. Among them are Grant, Benjamin F. Butler, Henry Ward Beecher, Walt Whitman, Dana, Ingersoll, and Frederick Douglass. Here are recollections of lawyers who rode the Illinois circuit with Lincoln, pictures of Lincoln as the Executive, Lincoln in the Cabinet, Lincoln in the midst of the war, Lincoln at Gettysburg, Lincoln a man among men. Richards, John Thomas "ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE LAWYER, STATESMAN" Houghton Mifflin Company..... ..$4.00 "Of the many books devoted to the life and works of Abraham Lincoln, none makes a larger claim upon the world's attention than this." -Boston Transcript. Rothschild, Alonzo "LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN: A STUDY IN CHARACTER" Houghton Mifflin Company....... ....$3.75 This notable biography-called by Robert Lincoln the best life of his father he had ever read is concerned particularly with Lincoln's later life and with his mastery over different types of men as well as over himself. Rothschild, Alonzo "HONEST ABE: A STUDY IN INTEGRITY" Houghton Mifflin Company.. $3.00 A specially fine study for parents, and for young men who are just entering upon world life, as it shows how integrity and honesty tend to the development of strong, dependable men. Schurz, Carl "ABRAHAM LINCOLN: AN ESSAY" - New Edition. Preface by Calvin Coolidge Houghton Mifflin Company.. .$1.50 Of this famous study of Abraham Lincoln, Governor Coolidge says: "This essay of Mr. Schurz is written by one who knew his subject at first hand. It represents the thought of one who had seen the great conflict through the perspective of more than a quarter of a century of deliberation. Its great value is in the fact that in addition to being short, complete and accurate, it represents the practical side of the man. It portrays the real man." Selby, Paul "LINCOLN'S LIFE STORIES AND SPEECHES" Stanton & Van Vliet Company...... ...$1.00 Including stories of Lincoln's early life, stories of Lincoln as lawyer, presidential incidents, stories of the war, etc. The Hon. Paul Selby, personal friend of Lincoln, has written the biography contained in this book. Sheppard, R. D. "THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN” Laird & Lee.. ..$0.75 Contains the Famous Gettysburg and Springfield Addresses. Pathetic Letter to the Mother of Five Sons Slain in Battle, and many well known sayings, characteristics, and chronology of the life of one of America's most famous sons. Shirley, R. "SHORT LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN" Funk & Wagnalls Company...... ..$1.25 Short popular life of Lincoln. Gives main facts in his career and a general idea of the struggle he had to carry out his purposes. The volume contains a few quotations from letters and state documents. The author is a Member of Parliament; and his book is one of the recent expressions of England's growing honor for Lincoln. Snider, Dr. Denton J. "THE AMERICAN TEN YEARS' WAR 1855-1865"The William Harvey Miner Company, Inc... $2.00 This book gives the complete historic setting of Lincoln's national career, which was the Civil War in its entirety, lasting not four but ten years from the first Kansas fight till Appomattox. This outline is the History of the Nation in its supreme struggle, showing Lincoln's political environment and opportunity. Snider, Dr. Denton J. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A BIOGRAPHY" The William Harvey Miner Company, Inc. $2.00 The present book is a new biographic construction of Lincoln's life. following closely the documents but at the same time keeping before the reader's mind the internal or psychical thread which runs through all the external happenings of Lincoln's varied career. Stevens, C. М. "THE WONDERFUL STORY OF LINCOLN"Cupples & Leon Company... .......$1.25 Tarbell, Ida M. "LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN"-New revised edition The MacMillan Company. 2 volumes. .......$6.00 This is a very complete life of Lincoln, remarkable for its presentation of contemporary impression and comment. A vast amount of intimate personal material was used in the preparation of this work, which aims to depict Lincoln the man, as seen by his fellows and revealed by his own acts and words. Thompson, David D. "ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE FIRST AMERICAN" Abingdon Press....... .........$1.00 Anecdotes and incidents presenting various phases of Lincoln's life. Whipple, Wayne "THE STORY OF YOUNG ABRAHAM LINCOLN"Henry Altemus Company... Whipple, Wayne .$1.25 "THE STORY-LIFE OF LINCOLN" The John C. Winston Company.... ..$2.50 From every authoritative source has been selected the best-told story of every event in Lincoln's life, arranged in proper order and forming his complete and connected biography from his birth to his martyrdom. The book contains over 500 true stories told by Lincoln or by his friends about him. Whipple, Wayne "THE HEART OF LINCOLN" George W. Jacobs & Company. ...$0.75 An intimate study of the life and character of Abraham Lincoln, portrayed in a series of anecdotes and reminiscence sy mpathetically told. Through simplicity and directness of style, and emphasis on the human side of Lincoln, the appeal is so direct that younger readers cannot fail to find this a "good book." |