Lincoln, life: Ideal American hero ; Lincoln's mother ; Journey to Indiana ; What Lincoln read ; Strikes out for himself ; Politics and love ; Captain in the Black Hawk War ; His first speech ; Studies law ; "A house divided against itself" (speech) ; Elected President ; Lincoln's character ; Assassination ; His life at the White House ; Lincoln's domestic life ; An autobiographic letter ; Personal appearance -- Letters and recollections -- Speeches: Note for law lecture ; Reply to Douglas at Peoria ; Farewell address at Springfield, 1861 ; First Inaugural ; Emancipation Proclamation ; Gettysburg Address ; Second Inaugural -- Anecdotes: Lincoln's pardons ; Lincoln's own stories ; Miscellaneous anecdotes Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Oakleaf, J. Lincoln bibliography Copy 1: Book, bound in hard boards with cloth spine; frontispiece Copy 2: Book, bound in flexible boards; frontispiece