Includes index (v. 2) "Including many heretofore unpublished incidents and historical facts concerning his ancestry, boyhood, family, religion, public life, trials and triumphs; illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc."--T.p v. 1. Lincoln: fortune's favorite -- Lincoln's personal appearance -- The Jaquess-Gilmore mission -- Lincoln and temperance -- Lincoln and slavery: oppoded to slavery -- Emancipation considered -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Constitutional amendment -- v. 2. Reminiscences of Linocln's second inaugural -- Lincoln's religious faith -- Lincoln's faith in prayer -- Lincoln's religious experience -- Lincoln and Horace Greeley -- The Wade-Davis Manifesto -- Excerpts from unpublished manuscript by Dr. P.D. Gurley -- Short stories about Lincoln Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Oakleaf, J. Lincoln bibliography v. 1, copy 1: Book, cloth; frontispiece and second prelim. p. loose v. 1, copy 1: "This special Author's autograph edition is limited to five hundred sets, of which this is No. 477"--Second prelim. p v. 1, copy 1: Handwritten signature: Ervin Chapman v. 1, copy 2 lacks vol. designation on t.p v. 1, copy 2: Handwritten inscription in ink on frontispiece verso: With best wishes of the author, Ervin Chapman, 1918 v. 1, copy 2 and v. 2: Book, cloth; frontispiece 18