McClure's Magazine
Reading edition
April, 1896.
Vol. VI. No. 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE NEW MARVEL IN PHOTOGRAPHY. By H.J.W. Dam. 403
THE RÖNTGEN RAYS IN AMERICA. By Cleveland Moffett. 415
THE HOUSEHOLDERS. By "Q." 421
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By Ida M. Tarbell. 428
Lincoln in the Campaign of 1840. 431
Lincoln's Engagement to Miss Todd. 435
The Lincoln and Shields Duel. 446
Marriage of Lincoln and Miss Todd. 448
"PHROSO." By Anthony Hope. 449
Chapter I. A Long Thing Ending in Poulos. 449
Chapter II. A Conservative Country. 454
Chapter III. The Fever of Neopalia. 459
A CENTURY OF PAINTING. By Will H. Low. 465
"SOLDIER AN' SAILOR TOO." By Rudyard Kipling. 481
RACHEL. By Mrs. E.V. Wilson. 483
CHAPTERS FROM A LIFE. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. 490
EDITORIAL NOTES. 496
Twenty Thousand Dollars for Short Stories.496
The McClure's "Early Life of Lincoln." 496
The McClure's New "Life of Grant." 496
New Pictures of Lincoln. 496
The Abraham Lincoln School of Science and Practical Arts. 496
The House in which Lincoln's Parents Were Married--a Correction. 496
ILLUSTRATIONS
PICTURES SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES IN PENETRABILITY TO THE RÖNTGEN RAYS.
DR. WILLIAM KONRAD RÖNTGEN, DISCOVERER OF THE X RAYS.
PICTURE OF AN ALUMINIUM CIGAR-CASE, SHOWING CIGARS WITHIN.
PHOTOGRAPH OF A LADY'S HAND SHOWING THE BONES, AND A RING ON THE THIRD FINGER.
THE PHYSICAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG.
SKELETON OF A FROG, PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH THE FLESH.
RAZOR-BLADE PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH A LEATHER CASE AND THE RAZOR-HANDLE.
SKELETON OF A FISH PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH THE FLESH.
A HUMAN FOOT PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH THE SOLE OF A SHOE.
PHOTOGRAPHING A FOOT IN ITS SHOE BY THE RÖNTGEN PROCESS.
BONES OF A HUMAN FOOT PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGH THE FLESH.
CORK-SCREW, KEY, PENCIL WITH METALLIC PROTECTOR, AND PIECE OF COIN.
COINS PHOTOGRAPHED INSIDE A PURSE.
DR. WILLIAM J. MORTON PHOTOGRAPHING HIS OWN HAND UNDER RÖNTGEN.
A GROUP OF FAMILIAR ARTICLES UNDER THE RÖNTGEN RAYS.
THOMAS A. EDISON EXPERIMENTING WITH THE RÖNTGEN RAYS.
"I ... TRIED A STEP TOWARD THE STAIRS, WITH EYES ALERT"
"HE STOOD SIDEWAYS, ... AND LOOKED AT ME OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER."
"FACE TO FACE WITH THE REAL HOUSEHOLDER."
OLD STATE-HOUSE AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
A HARRISON BADGE OF 1840.
A HARRISON BUTTON OF 1840.
LINCOLN IN 1860.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1861.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, NINTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
JOSHUA F. SPEED AND WIFE.
MARY TODD LINCOLN.
LINCOLN IN 1858.
ROBERT S. TODD.
MISS JULIA JAYNE, ONE OF MISS TODD'S BRIDESMAIDS.
GENERAL JAMES SHIELDS.
MRS. NINIAN W. EDWARDS.
COURT-HOUSE AT TREMONT WHERE LINCOLN RECEIVED WARNING OF SHIELDS'S CHALLENGE.
RESIDENCE OF NINIAN W. EDWARDS, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
LINCOLN'S MARRIAGE LICENSE AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
REV. CHARLES DRESSER.
THE GLOBE HOTEL, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
A BROOK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VAR, FRANCE.
JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT.
A BY-PATH.
EARLY MORNING.
DIANA'S BATH.
A SHALLOW RIVER.
THE EDGE OF THE FOREST (FONTAINEBLEAU).
ON THE RIVER OISE.
THE STORMY SEA.
A SUNLIT GLADE.
A SHEPHERD AND HIS FLOCK.
"THE MAN WITH THE LEATHERN BELT."
THE STONE-BREAKERS.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
SERVANT AT THE FOUNTAIN.
AN UNHAPPY FAMILY.
PICTURES TAKEN BY PROFESSOR ARTHUR W. WRIGHT OF YALE COLLEGE, SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUBSTANCES IN PENETRABILITY TO THE RÖNTGEN RAYS.
1 and 3. Flint glass prism (very opaque).
2. Quartz prism, showing transmission of the rays through the thin edges.
4. Prism of heavy glass, more opaque than flint glass.
5. One-cent coin, copper.
6. Five-cent coin, nickel.
7. White-crown glass, 1-1/2 millimetres thick.
8. Blue crown glass, 2 millimetres thick.
9. Yellow crown glass, 1-1/2 millimetres thick.
10. Crown glass, 1 millimetre thick, covered with a very thin layer of gold.
11. Red crown glass, 2 millimetres thick.
12. Block of Iceland spar (very transparent to ordinary light, but very opaque to Röntgen rays).
13. A bit of tinfoil.
14. Aluminium medal, showing faint traces of the design and lettering on both sides, as if it were translucent.
15. Metallic mirror, shows no effect of regular reflection.
16. Bit of sheet-lead, 1 millimetre thick.
17. Quarter-of-a-dollar coin, silver.
18. Piece of thin ebonite, such as is used for photographic plate-holder.
DR. WILLIAM KONRAD RÖNTGEN, DISCOVERER OF THE X RAYS.
From a photograph by Hanfstaenge, Frankfort-on-the-Main.