Book Description

Excerpt from Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen; December, 1898, Vol. 4: Abraham Lincoln Thlngs to be read when the beaver and buffalo were not extlnct when w11d plgeons came m clouds that shadowed the sun when steamboats ran on the San gamon when Blshop Slmpson preached when hell was a place, not a theory, and heaven a locahty whose fortunate 1nhab 1tants had no work to do when Ch1cago newspapers were ten cents each when cotton cloth was fifty cents a yard, and my shut was made from a flour sack, w1th the legend, Extra XXX across my proud bosom, and just below the words ln flammg red, Warranted Frfty Pounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.