Chronological list of events in the life of Abraham Lincoln -- Lincoln's favorite poem by William Knox -- Extract from "Abraham Lincoln" by James Russell Lowell -- Lincoln's boyhood and youth by Carl Schurz -- Lincoln's method of study by Rev. J.P. Gulliver -- Lincoln's three great political speeches -- Speech at Springfield, Ill.--June 16, 1858 -- Lincoln's rule of political action by Leonard Swett -- Lincoln as an orator by Wm. H. Herdon -- Speech in reply to Senator Douglas--July 10, 1858 -- Lincoln as a lawyer by Leonard Swett -- Lincoln as a lawyer by Judge David Davis -- Lincoln as a lawyer by Wm. H. Herdon -- Speech at Philadelphia--Feb. 21, 1861 -- The situation in 1861 by Carl Schurz -- First Inaugural Address--Mar. 4, 1861 -- cont Estimate of Lincoln by Wm. H. Herdon -- Lincoln's management of men by Leonard Swett -- A proclamation--April 15, 1861 -- Message to Congress in special session--July 4, 1861 -- Lincoln's mode of life at the White House by John Hay -- Message to congress recommending compensated emancipation--Mar. 6, 1862 -- Message to Congress--April 16, 1862 -- Proclamation revoking General Hunter's order of military emancipation--May 19, 1862 -- Order authorizing employment of contrabands--July 22, 1862 -- Letter to Horace Greeley--Aug. 22, 1862 -- Preliminary emancipation proclmation--Sept. 22, 1862 -- Final emancipation proclamation--Jan. 1, 1863 --Account of the emancipation proclamation, as related to F. B. Carpenter -- Hymn after the emancipation proclamation by Oliver Wendell Holmes -- The death of slavery by William Cullen Bryant -- Lincoln's letters by Carl Schurz -- Letter to J. C. Conkling--Aug. 26, 1863 -- Letter to A. G. Hodges--April 4, 1864 -- An English estimate of Lincoln--London Spectator, April 25 and May 2, 1891 -- Letter to General G. B. McClellan--April 9, 1862 -- Letter to General B. McClellan--May 9, 1862 -- Letter to General G. B. McClellan--Oct. 13, 1862 -- cont Letter to General Schofield relating to the removal of General Curtis--May 27, 1863 -- Letter to General U. S. Grant--July 13, 1863 -- Letter to General U. S. Grant--April 30, 1864 -- Order for Sabbath observance--Nov. 16, 1862 -- Our good president by Phoebe Cary -- Tribute to President Lincoln--London Daily News, April 27, 1865 -- Abraham Lincoln by William Cullen Bryant -- Letter to the workingmen of Manchester, England--Jan. 19, 1863 -- Proclamation for Thanksgiving--Oct. 3, 1863 -- Address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery--Nov. 19, 1863 -- Extract from Gettysburg ode by Bayard Taylor -- Extract from the last annual message--Dec. 6, 1864 -- Laus Deo by John Greenleaf Whittier -- Second inaugural address--Mar. 4, 1865 -- The "second inaugural" by London Spectator, April 25 and May 2, 1891 --Last public address--April 11, 1865 -- My captain by Walt Whitman -- Extract from commemoration ode by James Russell Lowell -- Some stories about Lincoln Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Bound in cloth with black decoration and lettering on cover and spine Copy 1: Handwritten inscription on flyleaf: William Braniard from Aunt Emma, Xmas 1899 18