ADQ 1834 Entered according to Act of Congress. in the year 1879, by J. B. MCCLURE & R. S. RHODES, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. All Rights Reserved. Electrotyped and Printed by OTTAWAY & COMPANY. DONOHUE & HENNEBERRY, SAID Mr. Lincoln, to Dr. Gulliver, on a certain occasion when the versatile Doctor had highly complimented the then coming President concerning one of his speeches: "I should very much like to know what it was in my speech which you thought so remarkable, and which interested my friend, the Professor (of Yale College), so much?" "The clearness," answered Dr. G., " of your statements, the unanswerable style of your reasoning, and especially your illustrations, which were romance, and pathos, and fun, and logic, all welded together." The great Lincoln thanked the clerical celebrity, and said: "That reminds me of a story," and then proceeded to tell how the Yale Professor had taken notes on his New Haven speech, and had lectured his class, and had followed him to Meriden for further " notes," etc. Thus is demonstrated the superior value that attaches to Mr. Lincoln's "illustrations," which, as all the world knows, were made of pointed, pungent, pithy and practical stories, drawn from an inexhaustible source, and always available on every possible occasion. Perhaps there never lived a greater story-teller than Abraham Lincoln, and one who told them always with such magic effect. With him, the "appropriate story was a power, and his remarkable faculty in telling them was an essential factor in his greatness. In this volume the compiler has aimed to present, in a conveniently classified form, the Anecdotes and Stories of this wonderful man, as narrated by him to the lowly and the great, in peace and war, at the fireside and bar, in the wilderness and White-house, with that zest and potency which made Mr. Lincoln such a remarkable man. It is our sincere desire that in this form the book may be of real interest and prove a further means of usefulness to every reader. Our indebtedness is specially acknowledged for aid found in F. B. Carpenter's "Six Months in the White-house;" J. G. Holland's "Life of Lincoln;" the Press, and to the many friends who have contributed. J. B. MCCLURE. CHICAGO, ILL., July 4, 1879. ONTENTS. EARLY LIFE. A Batch of Lincoln's Reminiscences. 49 A Hard Tussle with Seven Negroes-Life on a Mississippi Flat 27 A Humorous Speech-Lincoln in the Black Hawk War.. A Pig Story-Lincoln's Kindness to the Brute Creation.. An Honest Boy-Young Lincoln "Pulls Fodder " Two Days for a 14 Elected to the Legislature-Lincoln Walks to the State Capitol... 41 46 13 How Lincoln Helped to Build a Boat-How he Loaded the Live 23 How Lincoln Piloted a Flat Boat over a Mill Dam.. 34 20 Lincoln Splits Several Hundred Rails for a Pair of Pants.. 28 Lincoln's Story of a Girl in New Salem.... 29 Little Lincoln Firing at Big Game Through the Cracks of his Returning from the Legislature-A Joke on Lincoln's Big Feet.. 6 43 24 18 Young Lincoln's Kindness of Heart.. A Famous Story-How Lincoln was Presented with a Knife..... A Revolutionary Prisoner Defended by Lincoln.... An Amusing Story concerning Thompson Campbell. An Honest Lawyer-Some of Lincoln's Cases... An Incident Related by one of Lincoln's Clients.. General Linder's Account of the Lincoln-Shields Duel.. How Lincoln and Judge B- - Swapped Horses. How Lincoln kept his Business Accounts.... Honest Abe and his Lady Client... Lincoln's Story of a Young Lawyer as told to General Garfield.. Comments of Mr. Lincoln on the Emancipation Proclamation... 109 Criticism-Its Effect on Mr. Lincoln-A Bull Frog Story.. Ejecting a Cashiered Officer from the White House.... How Lincoln and Stanton Dismissed Applicants for Office.. How Lincoln "Browsed Around,”. Lincoln's Habits in the White House-The Same "Old Abe,”. Lincoln's High Compliment to the Women of America....... Lincoln Mourning for his Lost Son is Comforted by Rev. Dr. Vinton, 106 91 Lincoln's Story of a Poodle Dog- Lincoln Wipes the Tears from his Eyes, and Tells a Story.. Telling a Story and Pardoning a Soldier-Lincoln did Both....... |