The selections in this volume are taken, by permission, from the authorized edition of "The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln," by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

This reduced copy of a photograph of Abraham Lincoln (from the original negative taken in 1860) is here published by special permission given to the Century Co. by the owner, George B. Ayres, artist, of Philadelphia.

LINCOLN

PASSAGES FROM HIS
SPEECHES AND LETTERS

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
RICHARD WATSON GILDER

THE CENTURY CO.
NEW YORK.. MCMI