1909. A comprehensive view of Lincoln as given in the most noteworthy essays, orations and poems, in fiction and in Lincoln's own writings. From the Preface: The present volume offers, in small compass, the most noteworthy essays, orations, fiction and poems on Lincoln, together with some fiction, with characteristic anecdotes and yarns and his most famous speeches and writings. Taken in conjunction with a good biography, it presents the first succinct yet comprehensive view of the first American. The Introduction gives some account of the celebration of Lincoln's Birthday and of his principal biographers. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty or faded.