Includes condensed bibliography (p. 387-400) and index A study of religious environments: The conflict of testimony ; Why biographers differ ; The environment of Lincoln's boyhood ; The environment of Lincoln's young manhood ; The environment of Lincoln's life in Springfield ; The environment of Lincoln's life in Washington -- An analysis of the evidence: The rules of evidence ; The Bateman incident ; The Lamon biography ; The Reed lecture ; The Herndon lectures, letters, and biography ; Lincoln's burnt book ; "The Christian's defense" ; "Vestiges of creation" ; Other formative books ; Chittenden and Chiniquy ; The Beecher and Sickles incidents ; "Behind the scenes" ; From the housetops and in the closet -- The religion of Lincoln: What Lincoln was not? ; Why did Lincoln never join a church? ; The constructive argument ; The creed of Abraham Lincoln -- Appendices and bibliography: Extract from Newton Bateman's lecture on Lincoln with variants of the Springfield farewell address ; "High-handed outrage at Utica" / Artemus Ward ; "The conversion of Abraham Lincoln" / Rev. Edward L. Watson ; The Reed lecture ; Two Herndon letters concerning Lincoln?s religion ; The Irwin article, with letters ; "The Christian defense," with full chapter analysis ; Lincoln and the churches / Nicolay and Hay ; "Bound together in Christianity and patriotism," hitherto unpublished address of Lincoln Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Oakleaf, J. Lincoln bibliography Bound in cloth Holograph inscription in ink on flyleaf (copy 2): To Hon. Daniel Fish who has made every lover of Lincoln his grateful debtor, William E. Barton Daniel Fish Collection (copy 2) 18