Front matter
Reading edition
From “The Life of Abraham Lincoln.” Copyright 1900, The McClure Co.
Lincoln early in 1861. This is supposed to be the first, or one of the first, portraits made of Lincoln after he began to wear a beard
WHY WE LOVE LINCOLN
BY JAMES CREELMAN Author of “On the Great Highway”
“As, in spite of some rudeness, republicanism is the sole hope of a sick world, so Lincoln, with all his foibles, is the greatest character since Christ.”—John Hay.
NEW YORK THE OUTING PUBLISHING COMPANY MCMIX
Copyright, 1909, by THE OUTING PUBLISHING CO. Copyright, 1908, by THE PEARSON PUBLISHING CO. All Rights Reserved.
To MY SON ASHMERE AND TO ALL AMERICAN BOYS YOUNG OR OLD I ADDRESS THIS LITTLE VOLUME
Acknowledgements are due to the excellent books on Lincoln by Herndon and Weik, Hay and Nicolay, Ida Tarbell, Mr. Lamon, Mr. Stoddard, and others.