Paul Selby

Anecdotal Lincoln Paul Selby

In presenting this volume to the public, the aim of the original publishers was to present to the reader the most interesting, entertaining, and concise work ever published on Abraham Lincoln. The biography contained in this work was written by the Honorable Paul Selby, a personal friend of Lincoln, the Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Illinois, and for many years Editor of the State Journal at Springfield, Illinois - Lincoln's home. The stories, anecdotes, and yarns of Lincoln have been compiled from the most reliable sources, and are herein presented. These include stories of Lincoln's early life, stories of Lincoln as a lawyer, recollections of Presidential incidents, stories of the war, and Lincoln's letters and correspondence. The Great Speeches of Lincoln, which cannot fail to arouse the patriotism of the reader, have been carefully arranged in chronological order, and offer a succinct and reverent timeline of the great deeds of a singular human being and Statesman.