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THE WONDERFUL STORY OF LINCOLN

    "I see him, as he stands,
    With gifts of mercy in his outstretched hands;
    A kindly light within his gentle eyes,
    Sad as the toil in which his heart grew wise;
    His lips half parted with the constant smile
    That kindled truth but foiled the deepest guile;
    His head bent forward, and his willing ear
    Divinely patient right and wrong to hear:
    Great in his goodness, humble in his state,
    Firm in his purpose, yet not passionate,
    He led his people with a tender hand,
    And won by love a sway beyond command."
              GEORGE H. BOKER.


    _Inspiration Series of Patriotic Americans_




    THE WONDERFUL STORY OF LINCOLN

    AND THE MEANING OF HIS LIFE FOR THE YOUTH AND PATRIOTISM OF
    AMERICA

    BY C. M. STEVENS
    _Author of "The Wonderful Story of Washington"_


    NEW YORK
    CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY


    Copyright, 1917, by
    CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY


    Printed in U. S. A.




CONTENTS


    CHAPTER

       I. INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS
        A Personal Life and Its Interest to Americans.
        The Process of Life from Within.
        A Life Built as One Would Have the Nation.

      II. THE PROBLEM OF A WORTH-WHILE LIFE
        The Lincoln Boy of the Kentucky Woods.
        Home-Seekers in the Wild West.
        A Wonderful Family in the Desolate Wilderness.
        Way-Marks of Right Life.

     III. THE LIN